Kulturelles im Tirnauer Wochenblatt

The article deals with the role of cultural reporting in the Tirnauer Wochenblatt weekly, which was first published in German and later in Hungarian (as Nagyszombati Hetilap) in the Slovak town of Trnava between 1869 and 1918.For this purpose, the article analyses its 13th volume published in 1881 as an example.In analysing the content, four thematic areas of focus in the cultural coverage can be identified: theatre, music, literature, and other aspects of cultural life.The newspaper lacked a separate section devoted to culture and a closer examination of the German-language section of the newspaper reveals that the relevant texts largely focused on the local area.The high importance of theatrical performances is evident from the frequent reports.The same applies to musical events.Literature -apart from the publication of serialised novels in the Illustriertes Sonntagsblatt supplement -received little attention.Superregional themes only appear in the case of special events or events somehow connected with the region.The newspaper provided a lot of information on the important role of the associations in the cultural life of the city.