''Bohemia'' was a German newspaper published in Prague from 1828 to 1938. After the restoration of constitutional government in 1861, it emerged as the main press organ of the German liberal political current (the so-called Constitutional Party) in Bohemia.

History and profile

The paper started as a supplement of the weekly ''

Prager Zeitung The ''Prager Zeitung'' was a German newspaper in the Czech Republic issued weekly in Prague; it now publishes online only. History and profile ''Prager Zeitung'' was founded in 1991. It considers itself as a successor of the '' Prager Tagblatt' ...

'' from 1828 to 1835 under various names: first as ', in 1830 as ', in 1832 as ', and finally in 1918 as ' (German newspaper Bohemia). Famous writers for the newspaper included

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

Egon Kisch Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself ''Der Rasende Reporter'' (The Racing Reporter) for his countless travels to the far corners ...

Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1 November 1901 – 15 August 1988) was a German composer, musicologist, and historian and critic of music. Life Stuckenschmidt was born in Strasbourg. At as early an age as 19, he was the Berlin-based music criti ...

, and

Johannes Urzidil Johannes Urzidil (3 February 1896 in Prague – 2 November 1970 in Rome) was a German-Bohemian writer, poet and historian. His father was a German Bohemian and his mother was Jewish. Life Urzidil was educated in Prague, studying German, art hi ...

. The newspaper was printed by several companies: * & Sons (1828–1872) * Bohemia Aktiengesellschaft (1872–1877) * Frantisek Klutsack (1878) * Andreas Haase (1879–1919) * Alfred Korn (1919–1920) * Verlag Deutsche Zeitung-Aktiengesellschaft (1920–1933) * Rota-Aktiengesellschaft für Zeitung- und Buchdruck (1933–1938)

Aftermath

The newspaper's archives can be found in the

National Library of the Czech Republic The National Library of the Czech Republic () is the central library of the Czech Republic. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture (Czech Republic), Ministry of Culture. The library's main building is located in the historical Clementinum buil ...

. From 2000, a German-Czech newspaper (Czech: ') took the name ', continuing the ' (German-Czech newspaper of good neighbourhood).

References

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* Scanned archives (as DjVu): ** 1830–1832
''Bohemia, oder Unterhaltungsblätter für gebildete Stände''
ISSN 1802-6303 ** 1832–1845
''Bohemia, ein Unterhaltungsblatt''
ISSN 1802-6311 ** 1846–1914
''Bohemia''
, ISSN 1212-6225 ** 1914–1938
''Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia''
ISSN 1802-6370 German-language newspapers published in Czechoslovakia History of Prague Newspapers published in Prague Defunct newspapers published in Czechoslovakia Newspapers established in 1828 Publications disestablished in 1938 Newspapers established in 2000 {{CzechRepublic-newspaper-stub