''Stimmen der Zeit'' ("Voices of the Times") is a monthly

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magazine published since 1865 by

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. Its subtitle is ''Zeitschrift für christliche Kultur'', and it publishes articles on

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in the broad sense of the word. It is considered one of the most authoritative German journals in its field.

History

The journal was founded as a

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publication by Gerhard Schneemann and Florian Rieß in the Maria Laach Abbey, a Jesuit abbey in the

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, under the name ''Voices of Maria Laach.'' Its initial publications were concerned with the

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. In 1871, after somewhat irregularly publishing single-issue themes, the publishers changed the magazine to a monthly format, whose goal was to reconcile Catholic faith with modern times. When during Bismarck's

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the Maria Laach Abbey was closed, the magazine moved abroad, and after exile in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, the publishers returned to Germany in 1914. The magazine was renamed ''Stimmen der Zeit'' and published from

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. During the Nazi era the magazine (illegally) published the encyclical ''

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''. It was shut down for four months and in April 1941 closed altogether; one of its editors,

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, was executed in 1945 in connection with the

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Editors

The following people were editors of the magazin:The complete list of editors: * Georg Michael Pachtler (1871) * Rudolf Cornely (1872-1879) * Gerhard Schneemann (1879–1885) :(...) *Anton Koch (1946–1952) *Ivo A. Zeiger (1952) *Oskar Simmel (1952–1966) *Wolfgang Seibel (1966–1998) *Martin Maier (1998–2009) *Andreas Batlogg (2009–2017) *Stefan Kiechle (2018–)

References

Bibliography

*
Entry for Joseph Florian Rieß
in the ''

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'' * "Die Schriftleitung: Zum Geleit." In: StZ 139 (1946/47) 1–3 * Anton Koch: "Die ''Stimmen der Zeit'' im Dritten Reich." In: StZ 196 (1978) 855–857 * Karl H. Neufeld: "Die ''Stimmen der Zeit'' nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Zu einer neuen Dissertation." In: StZ 197 (1979) 278–281 * Ellen Dietrich: "Zur katholischen Publizistik im Nationalsozialismus: ''Die Stimmen der Zeit''." München 1984. * Klaus Schatz: "''Stimmen der Zeit''" im Kirchenkonflikt. Eine innerjesuitische Auseinandersetzung vor 80 Jahren." In: StZ 224 (2006) 147–161. * o. V. "Stimmen aus Maria Laach--Stimmen der Zeit." In: StZ 175 (1965) 401-415.

External links

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