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The A-Z is published in December 1933 under the responsibility of Franz Stoltz. This illustrated magazine has the ambition of presenting Luxembourg's current affairs by adopting a new aesthetic and technical approach (colour printing, rotogravure and careful typography as well as quality illustrations). However, it was not until 1934, when Hubert Clément (1889-1953), director of the Tageblatt, took over, that the A-Z really became successful. Publication ceased with the German occupation in 1940.
L'Action Féminine is the first women's monthly in Luxembourg published by Cathérine Schleimer-Kill.
The Annuaire statistique is published from 1955 onwards by the Office de statistique générale and later by the Service central de la statistique et des études économiques (STATEC).
"Der Arbeiter" was published between April 1878 and January 1882. It briefly reappeared as the parallel titles "Der Arbeiter" (March 1882) and "Luxemburger Volksbote" (February 1882) until November 1882.
Short-lived weekly newspaper, published between October 1889 and January 1890 by J.H. Dornseiffer (1854-1926), aiming primarily at the working class population of Luxembourg.
Charles Munchen founded Luxembourg’s first satirical magazine in March 1848 after censorship was abolished.
Journal of the newly founded Social democratic party, published from 1903 until 1929 by one of its cofounders Jean Schaack-Wirth.
The journal L'Avenir was published and printed by Jean Joris (1828-1893) between April 1868 and September 1871.
The title appeared sporadically between 1946 and 1970, supplementing the content of the Kirchlicher Anzeiger with contributions to discussions on topical theological and pastoral issues.
Since 1978, ANCE (Association Nationale des Communautés Éducatives, www.ance.lu) publishes a quarterly newsletter for professionals in the social and educational sector.
In 1907 the Société grand-ducale de Botanique and the Société des naturalistes Luxembourgeois merged. From that date onwards, the Bulletin of the Société des naturalistes took over.
Volumes between 1907 and 2011 have been retro-digitised by the National Library. Latervolumes are available in the public spaces of the National Library, or online.
In accordance with the internal regulations adopted on 1 July 1848, the bulletin of the Royal Agricultural Association of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg aimed to publish the activities and minutes of the association in German.
Bulletin published following the Bulletin statistique and the Bulletin économique from July 1963.
Published jointly by the Service d'études et de documentation économique du ministère des Affaires économiques and the Office de la statistique générale, the bulletin changed its title to Bulletin économique in 1955.
Bulletin published as a continuation of the Bulletin du Service d'études and de documentation économiques et de l'Office de la statistique générale between 1955 and 1963.
The Bulletin économique was merged with the Bulletin statistique in June 1963 under the title Bulletin du STATEC.
Edited by J. Gusenburger in German, this newspaper was issued three times a week between 1898 and 1916.
Carnival newspaper of the "Féderatio'n Emmer leschtég a fro’ Natinalunio'n Pe'teng".
Short-lived political and literary weekly paper, co-published by François Léon Lefort (1917-1975) and Albert Borschette (1920-1976).
Founded by Claude Jordan (ca. 1659-1727) and André Chevalier (1685-1747)
Successor to the Journal de la Ville et du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (1826-1844) which was led by Mathieu-Lambert Schrobilgen (1789-1883), the periodical was meant to rival the Luxemburger Zeitung (1844-45) led by Ernest Grégoire.
Weekly illustrated magazine, the official publication of the "Fédération des Sociétés Cyclistes Luxembourgeoises (F.S.C.L.)".
Heinrich Oberhoffer, organist at the Cathedral in Luxembourg, founded the magazine Cäcilia in 1862 and acted as its editor until 1871.
The history of the Diekircher Wochenblatt and its title changes is intimately related to the history of the printers Schroell in Diekirch.
The 3rd of March 1837, Joseph-Antoine Schroell (1798-1865) founded the Wochenblatt für Bürger und Landleute. It was the first "provincial" newspaper in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In 1837 it changed its title to Diekircher Wochenblatt, which it kept until 1849.
In the intellectual continuity of Beilage zum Kirchlicher Anzeiger (1946-1970) and the series Aspekte. Theologische und pastorale Blätter (1975-1985), the contributions of Dossier fir Informatioun an Dokumentatioun also focus on theological and pastoral issues.
Distributed free of charge by the “Parti national-démocrate luxembourgeois” for the election campaign on 28 October 1890, the newspaper continued to be published until December 1897.
Between 1871 and 1872, the publisher and printer Jean Joris published a Cours public d’économie politique, commerciale & industrielle fait aux jeunes gens du pays by Eugène Tedesco (1829-1889), a teacher at the Athénée royal grand-ducal de Luxembourg.
The Escher Courrier: allgemeine Zeitung und Anzeige-Blatt für die Interessen aller Stände was a political paper published from 1896 to 1897 by Dr. Michel Welter (1859-1924)
The weekly paper was the first press publication in the rapidly expanding Luxembourgish mineral basin. It was published for the town and canton of Esch, as well as for the whole of Luxembourg, by the publisher and printer J.H. Willems in Esch-sur-Alzette.
It follows the short-lived publication of a Courrier d’Esch-sur-Alzette (1873), published in Luxembourg and printed in Esch-sur-Alzette, of which no issues are known to exist to this day.
In 1887, printer Jos. Origer from Esch/Alzette published a weekly Sunday newspaper.
The short-lived publication was released between March and July 1919. It includes the latest news of the 5th Division and announcements of upcoming events. Each issue features a cartoon with a humorous take on their daily life and their time in Luxembourg.
Revue libre d’art & de littérature = freie Rundschau für Kunst und Litteratur, bilingual literary magazine named after the eighth month of the French Republican calendar and founded by Marcel Noppeney (1877-1966), Frantz Clément (1882-1942) and Eugène Forman (1878-1955) in 1907.
The publication, edited by Jean-Baptiste Kellen (1839-1929) and Jean Tautges (1839-1871), saw itself as an educational forum written by and for the profession that encouraged dialogue and exchange, and thus positioned itself as an alternative to the official publication Luxemburger Schulbote.
Monthly publication of the socialist youth of Luxembourg.
Publication of the resistance movement “Letzeburger Freihétskämpfer” (LFK) published in 33 issues between 1945 and 1946.
Ephemeral publication edited and published by the printer Louis Schamburger in 1878.
The GemengenËmweltInfo, edited since 1997, is a classic edition of the De Kéisecker info, which contains additional specific information of particular interest to municipalities.
The Luxembourgish free trade unions published their official periodical, edited by Nic. Schoos between September 1917 and June 1919.
In 1945, Willy Gilson (1891-1974) founded the short-lived newspaper Le Grand-Ducal, in which he published a fragment of an epic poem entitled Mon pays. Histoire du Luxembourg en vers, as well as articles under the pseudonym Roger de Hautfort.
The first edition of Le Gratis luxembourgeois was published on 10 January 1857. Issued every Saturday, it contained political, industrial and later also legal news. This was the first free newspaper in Luxembourg, as subscribers only had to pay for delivery.
On 22 August 1922, Eugène Forman and Jean-Pierre Welter revived the tradition of Luxembourg satirical magazines with De Gukuk.
A trade and classifieds newspaper aimed at all trades in Luxembourg. It was published as a free supplement to the Ettelbrücker Zeitung until April 1896.
In 1928, Kolja (Nic) Molling and the publisher Emil Marx founded their own film magazine, Hollywood.
Founded in 1895, the journal for Luxemburg history was entitled Ons Hémecht until 1939. From 1948 to 1963 the journal was issued under the title T'Hémecht, then Hémecht from 1964 onwards.
Weekly magazine of the “Unio’n fun de Lötzeburjer Freihêtsorganisatio’nen” (Unio’n), an association of resistance organisations founded in March 1944.
The publisher Jean Joris (1828-1893) distributed the first issue of the daily newspaper L'Indépendance luxembourgeoise on October 1st 1871, following his journal L’Avenir (April 1868 to September 1871)
The magazine was founded in 1926 by Victor Neuens and was devoted mainly to theatre, literature and folklore.
The Journal Officiel du Grand Duché-de Luxembourg = Amtsblatt des Groẞherzogtums Luxemburg regarding commercial companies and associations has been published since January 1961.
Journal of the “Jeunesses Communistes” movement, newly created following the split with the “Jeunes Socialistes” in February 1921.
Eugen Ewert took over as editor of the Junge Welt in 1928, shortly after the paper’s founding, and it was published intermittently until 1932.
Weekly newspaper of the left wing of the Socialist Party of Luxembourg. After the split of the Socialist Party on January 2, 1921, supporters of the Third International founded their own party, and the newspaper became the official organ of the Communist Party of Luxembourg.
The Kirchlicher Anzeiger für die Diözese Luxemburg was founded in 1871 as the official journal of the Luxembourg diocese in which circulars and regulations of the ecclesiastical authorities, as well as diocesan news, are communicated.
In 1884 Karl Mersch (1856-1884) founded the first Luxemburg magazine for children Komm mit mir!.
The periodical of the trade union centre of the Luxembourgish Communist Party (K.P.L.) appeared every Saturday as a supplement to Der Kampf.
A short-lived weekly paper devoted exclusively to the German religious conflict of the ‘Kulturkampf’. Printed by Pierre Brück in Luxembourg in 1875, the title was banned by court order in June of that year.
The De Kéisecker info, which is published since 1982 contains current information on position papers, etc of the "Mouvement Écologique".
Published since 1970 De Kéisécker has quickly developed into a Luxembourgish periodical, reflecting the evolutions in the field of the environment and sustainable development.
A political, literary and industrial newspaper for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, published and printed by Nikolas Worré.
The history of the Landwirth and its title changes are intimately related to the history of the printers Schroell in Diekirch.
On January 3, 1877, the newspaper, renamed Der Landwirth, succeeded the Bulletin des königlichen Ackerbauvereins des Großherzogthums Luxemburg.
The supplement Illustriertes Unterhaltungs-Blatt was published between 1889 and 1907. When Paul Schroell took over the Landwirt, a parallel edition for Diekirch and Ettelbruck was temporarily published between 1913 and 1920. After the merger with the Luxemburger National-Zeitung on July 2, 1926, the title took up its numbering.
Official periodical of the "Luxemburger Berg- und Hüttenarbeiter-Verband" (BHAV) in Esch/Alzette, this first labour union title is published for four months before it is banned by the German occupation authorities in May 1917.
The first journal with a Luxembourgish title is edited by Nicolas Thomas and printed by Friedrich Beffort between May 1872 and January 1873.
The publisher and printer Charles Praum (1865-1917) published between 1893 and 1909 the satirical weekly De Letzeburger.
As the magazine of the Luxembourg aviator and the newsletter of the association ‘Vol à Voile Luxembourgeois’, the journal, edited and directed by the engineer and aviator Fred Welter, aims to popularise sport and leisure aviation (gliding or motor flying) among the Luxembourgish population.
A humorous weekly paper founded by Jean Nicolas Moes in December 1886.
Periodical of the “Union des femmes luxembourgeoises” (U.F.L.), a non-partisan association founded following the liberation of Luxembourg at the instigation of the Communist Party (KPL) on 22 February 1945.
Founded as a newsletter for the members of the “Letzeburger Enégkét a Widerstand” association, the publication continued until December 1951.
Short-lived publication, directed by Bernard Buchler (1883-1952), which appeared in the context of the Luxembourg referendum of 1919.
This French daily newspaper is the continuation of the L'Indépendance luxembourgeoise and ended on May 10th 1940, the day of the German invasion
Bulletin published by the Press section of the Luxembourg Government in exile during World War II.
Bulletin published in New York and Montreal by the Press section of the Luxembourg Government in exile.
The monthly bulletin founded in April 1917 by the “Ligue des patriotes luxembourgeois à l'étranger” was aimed at Luxemburgers living in Switzerland.
Short-lived advertising paper issued by the Heintze brothers, who published the Luxemburger Bauernzeitung from 1857.
Follow-up publication to the Luxemburger Anzeiger (1856) published by the Heintze brothers under the title the Luxemburger Bauernzeitung in 1857..
Weekly magazine, edited by Jules Klensch (1879-1949), owner of the Publicitas agency between 1924 and November 1931, which relies on illustration and photography to inform its readers about current issues.
Published by Jean Nicolas Moes (1857-1907)
In collaboration with the photographer Charles Bernhoeft (1859-1933), the editor Jean-Nicolas Moes (1857-1907) created in 1895 an illustrated weekly magazine about Luxembourg. Its publication ended after only nine month.
Periodical of the “Lëtzebuerger Landesuebstbauveräin”, whose task is to advise its members on fruit growing and to promote all aspects of Luxembourgish orcharding
The Luxemburger Volks-Blättchen für Haus, Werkstatt und Fabrik was published between 1888 and 1889 by the St. Paulus Gesellschaft on behalf of the "Luxemburger Gesellenverein".
Der Volksfreund is published between 1869 and1877 and then renamed Der Landwirt, edited by the printer Justin Schroell and continued until March 1941.
Short-lived daily newspaper, published and printed by the Heintze brothers in Luxembourg.
A short-lived weekly paper published by Charles André Engel.
The first periodical publication in German, published by a native of Breslau, who signs as editor, publisher and owner. The publication is printed by Jacques Lamort from 7 April 1821.
The Luxemburger Wort für Wahrheit und Recht is the oldest daily newspaper in Luxembourg that is still being published. Founded in 1848 by the Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg, Johannes Theodor Laurent (1804-1884), and editor-in-chief, Eduard Michelis (1813-1855), the newspaper is continuously distributed by publishing house Saint-Paul.
The German-language daily was published by publisher and printer Théophile Schroell (1829-1893). The paper was taken over by his son Émile Schroell and Batty Weber (1860-1940) became editor-in-chief, until the paper was converted into a limited company in 1922. Thereafter, Batty Weber continued to be responsible for the cultural pages and the feuilleton, in particular the daily column called Abreiß-Kalender (1913-1940).
This was one of the most important newspapers in the history of the Luxembourg press. It was published six times a week, with up to two editions a day from 1902. From 1895, the newspaper published a Sunday supplement, the Sonntags-Blatt. It also temporarily added a humorous Thursday supplement, Humoristische Blätter, and an illustrated travel supplement.
Catholic newspaper published in Luxembourg between 1844 and June 1845 by Ernest Grégoire in order to avoid Prussian censorship and it mainly addressed a German readership.
Bilingual official newspaper, whose publication was ordered by the Government through the Royal Grand Ducal Decree of the 28th of November 1857 to replace the second part of the Mémorial between 1858 and 1859.
In 1933, Emma Weber-Brugmann (1877-1964) founded Die Luxemburgerin, a magazine devoted to the interests of Luxembourg women, giving a voice to committed women from different backgrounds
The weekly d’Lëtzebuerger Land, founded in 1954, provides readers with information on the country’s political, economic and cultural news, as well as covering issues of relevance at European and international level.
Satirical weekly, in Luxemburgish and German, known for its anti-fascist caricatures.
The activities and decisions of "Stillhaltekommissar für das Organisationswesen in Luxemburg" Franz Schmidt, appointed by order on 28 August 1940, were reported in a specially created newsletter.
The minutes of the meetings of the Fauna - Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois came out monthly between 1891 to 1906.
In July 1911, typographer and printer Aloyse Kummer published a short-lived monthly, which ceased publication after just 6 issues in December 1911.
During the period from the Belgian Revolution, the Memorial appeared in parallel with the Mémorial administratif de la Province de Luxembourg = Verwaltungs-Memorial der Provinz Lützemburg published in Arlon.
The official journal Mémorial du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg is published by the Central Legislative Service (Service central de legislation) of the Ministry of State.
All the texts published in the Mémorial between 1814 and 1940 are now available on eluxemburgensia.lu. They are progressively integrated on the official website legilux.public.lu after some metadata enrichment.
Since 2 December 1915, the official journal Mémorial du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg has had an annex Recueil spécial des actes, extraits d'actes, procès-verbaux et documents relatifs aux sociétés commerciales, publiés en conformité de la loi du 10 août 1915.
From 1915 until its dissolution, the “Luxemburger Nationalunio’n” published the magazine D’Nation.
Die neue Zeit. Monatsschrift für Demokratie, Geistesfreiheit und Kultur was first published on 1 October 1936 by the left-wing journalist Emile Marx (1899-1964) and professor Pierre Biermann (1901-1981).
Die neue Zeit – Les Temps Nouveaux. Organ für fortschrittliche Politik und Volksbildung was published between 1911 and 1914.
In its half-yearly or quarterly Note de conjoncture, the "National Institute of statistics and economic studies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" (STATEC) provides information on the recent developments and an outlook of the economic situation in Luxembourg.
The Obermosel-Zeitung (1881-1941, 1945-1948) was founded in Grevenmacher by the printer Joseph Esslen.
Under the German occupation, the annex of the official journal Mémorial changed to Öffentlicher Anzeiger zum Verordnungsblatt für Luxemburg between January 1941 and August 1944.
In 1938, journalist Evy Friedrich (1910-1989) published the Ardenner Heimatblätter to promote the Luxembourg Ardennes.
The short-lived post-war weekly Olympia covers a wide range of subjects from sport to art and film.
Journal founded and directed by the Frenchman Jules de Pouilly until his expulsion from Luxembourg in 1870.
Founded in 1895, the journal for Luxemburg history was entitled Ons Hémecht until 1939.
The Ligue des conscrits luxembourgeois réfractaires au service militaire allemand published a periodical under the title Ons Jongen.
Clandestine newsletter of the Alweraje resistance group (Al[bert Winger], We[nzel Profant], Ra[ymond Arensdorf], Je[an Doffing]) which appeared between August 1941 and September 1942 in 20 issues.
Due to the poor quality of the printing, the ocerisation does not reach the same level of readability as other digitised titles.
Since 1842, the Catholic Church in Luxembourg has published an annual liturgical directory and a directory of churches and staff, except for a few years.
Der Proletarier, the official periodical of the free trade unions in Luxembourg, appeared from 5 July 1919, replacing Die Volksstimme (1917-1919) and Der Gewerkschaftler (1917-1919).
Between 1902 and 1940, the "Commission permanente de statistique", and later the "Office de statistique", published some 77 issues of figures resulting from surveys on, among other things, agriculture and the population of Luxembourg.
In 1874, the Société de Botanique published the first issue of Recueil des mémoires et des travaux.
The resistance group "Letzeburger Ro'de Le'w" (L.R.L.) formed an association in 1946, and published a short-lived publication between 1947 and 1948.
Founded on 1 September 1945 by the illustrator and publisher Emile Probst, the Revue Letzeburger Illustre'ert is a family publication that is read by everyone, and succeeds in building a loyal readership by providing local, national and international news, practical advice and entertainment.
Due to the lack of a press organ representing the majority of the Chamber of Deputies, the publisher and printer Michel Behrens fils published a bilingual newspaper between 1855 and 1857.
Weekly magazine published between 1939 and 1940 under the direction of journalist Pierre Kellner (1899-1986).
The Rëmelenger Calepin is the municipal bulletin published by the municipal administration of the town of Rumelange. It informs readers about the deliberations of the local council.
Social democratic weekly, printed by Aloyse Kummer and Ed. Nimax between 1916 and 1919.
The official periodical of the National Federation of Luxembourg Railway Workers has just been digitized for the years 1920 to 1945.
The periodical of the Luxembourgish Socialist Party appeared from January 1920, following the merger of Die Schmiede (1916-1919) and Die Volkstribüne (1917-1919), from which it took the numbering of the 22nd year.
Bulletin of the “Amicale des Volontaires de l’Espagne républicaine”, founded in 1939.
Daily founded in 1913
Monthly magazine of the "Touring Club Luxembourgeois", founded in 1897.
The "Clan des Jeunes" was a secondary school students' organisation affiliated to the "Association générale des étudiants luxembourgeois" (ASSOSS).
Their media appeared between 1949 and April 1961 also as a supplement to the Voix des Jeunes and ceased to exist in July 1965.
Short-lived weekly paper about the political and intellectual life in Luxembourg, edited by the journalist and writer Frantz Clément (1882-1942).
The publication of the Union of the Luxembourg Resistance movements appeared from 1944 to 1948 almost exclusively in the Luxembourgish language.
This daily in French, published by the Heintzé brothers, came out between the 12th of November 1860 and the 1st of June 1871.
The first Luxembourg literary magazine founded in June 1868 by "Diener der Nationalliteratur”led by the printer Michel Bourger.
A short-lived post-war newspaper, published by members of the trade union resistance group around Antoine Krier (1897-1983), which was discontinued after five issues and a series of trials against him, preventing its further publication.
Under the German occupation, the official journal Mémorial was replaced by the title Verordnungsblatt für Luxemburg between May 1940 and August 1944.
The journal of the “Association générale des étudiants luxembourgeois” (ASSOSS) has a chequered history of publication.
The Tribune du Clan des Jeunes, the periodical of the ASSOSS-affiliated secondary school students’ organisation, was an integral part of La Voix between 1949 and April 1961.
Der Volksfreund first appeared on 7 April 1848 as a „Titel einer neuen Zeitschrift, welche unter der Leitung einer Assoziation von Bürgern erscheint".
New title of the "Association des mineurs et ouvriers métallurgistes", published four months after the German occupying forces banned publication of the labour union title Die Laterne.
“Die Volksstimme” was published in 1896 by Jean Nicolas Moes (1857-1907) as an “Unabhängiges Organ für die politischen-, volks- und landwirtschaftlichen Interessen des Luxemburger Landes”
Communist weekly paper aimed at all workers in Luxembourg, published until it was banned by the occupying forces in 1940.
It resumed publication end of 1944 before being renamed Zeitung vum Letzeburger Vollek on 1 July 1946.
The follow-up title to the Bürger- und Beamten-Zeitung, which was published as the Soziale Republik from January 1920 following the merger with Die Schmiede .
Clandestine newspaper of the communist resistance fighting fascist propaganda. This organ of social and national liberation published 15 issues from the end of 1940 or February 1941.
Due to the poor quality of the printing, the ocerisation does not reach the same level of readability as other digitised titles.
In March 1945, an issue entitled Eine Antwort an den „Resistenzler“ Herrn Anton Krier appeared as a reaction to the contents of the publication De Verband edited by Antoine Krier.
Election paper published by Theophil Schroell as an aside to the Luxemburger Zeitung.
Der Wegweiser. Offizielles Organ der Freien Volkspartei für Freiheit, Gleichheit, Gerechtigkeit is published weekly between 1918 and 1919 as official publication of the Independent People's Party.
The history of the Wächter an der Sauer is intimately related to the history of the printers Schroell in Diekirch.
The Wächter an der Sauer was published between January 1849 and December 1857 when it was temporarily replaced by the Der Telegraph (2nd of January 1858 to 3rd of October 1860) for political reasons. On the 6th of October 1860 the newspaper took back the title Wächter an der Sauer, which lasted until the 21st of February 1869.
Short-lived electoral publication from June 1872.
Illustrated satirical Luxembourg weekly edited by the German Charles Becker.