''Magyar Hírmondó'' is the first newspaper to be published in the

Hungarian language Hungarian, or Magyar (, ), is an Ugric language of the Uralic language family spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Out ...

Pressburg Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

(present-day Bratislava,

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). The first issue appeared on 1 January 1780. Its founders were Mátyás Rát, a Lutheran pastor and Ferenc Ágoston Patzkó, a publisher from Pressburg. The latter was also the publisher. The paper was published in octavo format (a single column on half a printed sheet) twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Mátyás Rát was the editor of the paper from its foundation in 1780 to 1782. ''Magyar Hírmondó'' folded in 1788.

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