Description
The history of the Landwirth 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.
Afterwards Der Wächter an der Sauer was published between January 1849 and December 1857 when it was temporarily replaced by 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, then changed its title to Der Volksfreund until 1877.
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.