Berner Volkszeitung

Title: Berner Volkszeitung

Canton: Bern

Available online: 2 January 1846 - 31 December 1847 (465 issues, 1,989 pages)

Bibliografic information (Helveticat): http://permalink.snl.ch/bib/sz991019022834503976

Rights: public domain

Segmentation level: article level

Description: The Berner Volkszeitung was founded in 1845 by Johann Ludwig Schnell and Eduard Blösch as a successor to the Berner Volksfreund and, from January 1846, was published three times a week by Carl Langlois in Burgdorf. The newspaper founders and the editor emphasised the importance of objective reporting, which was also expressed in the subtitle "Für Wahrheit, Gesetz und Recht" (For Truth, Law and Justice). However, the liberal-oriented newspaper fought the revision of the cantonal constitution of Berne, which was initiated by the radicals and which, among other things, introduced direct voting rights. After the adoption of the new constitution by the people on 31 July 1846, the newspaper took on a conservative orientation; from then on, the focus was on guarding the constitution and punishing violations of the constitution on the part of the radicals. From 1847, printing was transferred to the Hallersche Buchdruckerei in Bern and the newspaper, which was published six times a week from then on, officially declared itself to be the mouthpiece of the conservatives of Bern Canton. The last issue was published at the end of 1847 and the newspaper was succeeded by the Emmenthaler Bote.