Bohemia (newspaper)
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 in Bohemia.
History and profile
The paper started as a supplement of the weekly Prager Zeitung from 1828 to 1835 under various names: first as Unterhaltungsblätter, in 1830 as Bohemia oder Unterhaltungsblätter für gebildete Stände, in 1832 as Bohemia ein Unterhaltungsblatt, and finally in 1918 as Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia. Famous writers for the newspaper included Franz Kafka, Egon Kisch, Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, and Johannes Urzidil.The newspaper was printed by several companies:
- & Sons
- Bohemia Aktiengesellschaft
- Frantisek Klutsack
- Andreas Haase
- Alfred Korn
- Verlag Deutsche Zeitung-Aktiengesellschaft
- Rota-Aktiengesellschaft für Zeitung- und Buchdruck