''Laibacher Zeitung'' (meaning ''Ljubljana News'' in English) was the largest and most influential newspaper in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was published daily in

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from 1778 to 1918.

History and profile

''Laibacher Zeitung'' was established in 1778. In its first period, it was published with the supplement ''Intelligenzblatt'' aimed at spreading knowledge among the general public. After 1804, it was published with the supplement ''Wochenblatt zum Nutzen und Vergnügen'', replaced in 1818 by the supplement ''Illyrisches Blatt'', which was then published until 1849. ''Illyrisches Blatt'' was the center of Slovene cultural creativity. Its contributors were the Slovene national poet

France Prešeren France Prešeren () (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.

and other influential Slovene intellectuals such as

Matija Čop Matija Čop (; 26 January 1797 – 6 July 1835), also known in German as Matthias Tschop, was a Slovenes, Slovene linguistics, linguist, polyglot, history of literature, literary historian and literary critic, critic. Biography Čop was born ...

, Miha Kastelic, Franc Malavašič, and

Janez Bleiweis Janez Bleiweis (19 November 1808 – 29 November 1881) was a Slovene conservative politician, journalist, physician, veterinarian, and public figure. He was the leader of the so-called Old Slovene political movement. Already during his lifetime, ...

. After the establishment of the

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newspaper ''

Kmetijske in rokodelske novice {{Unreferenced, date=July 2015 ''Kmetijske in rokodelske novice'' ( en, Agricultural and Artisan News), frequently referred to simply as ''Novice'' (''News''), was a Slovene-language newspaper in the 19th century, which had an influential role i ...

'' in 1842, the influence of the ''Laibacher Zeitung'' declined because it gradually became the herald of the German-speaking community in the

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. The paper ceased publication in 1918.

References

Sources

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