"We Think German, We Feel German, but We Will Not Blame Anyone for His Different Opinion": the German Newspaper Görzer Wochenblatt and Its Political Orientation

Abstract

The article presents the characteristics of the  German newspaper Görzer Wochenblatt, with  a special emphasis on its political orientation  and agenda. The paper, which was published  weekly in 1867 before being transformed into  the biweekly Görzer Zeitung starting in 1868,  was the first German newspaper in Gorizia. The  first part of the article analyses the beginnings  of German journalism in the Princely County  of Gorizia and Gradisca and the characteristics  of the local German community. After that, the  beginnings of its publication, its characteristics  in terms of content and its agenda are examined.  The last part of the article discusses the reception  of the new German newspaper by the Slovene  community, especially the heated controversy  that emerged between two Slovene newspapers,  Domovina from Gorizia and Slovenec from Kla- genfurt. Görzer Wochenblatt became actively  involved in the dispute, with the editorial board  expressing its view on inter-ethnic relations in  the County of Gorizia.