The Hobo was a citizen of Berlin city magazine of the 1970er years.

Had come out the Hobo from the quarter sheet Kreuzberger night lantern published written by by Meschkat in self-work and. With an attendance in London Meschkat became acquainted with the there city magazine Time Out and stated that there was no comparable magazine, which took contentwise the entire city off in West Berlin.

At the end of of 1971 changed the concept of the Kreuzberger night lantern for Meschkat comprehensively, so that from up to then alone became the magazine aligned to the quarter cross mountain a magazine referred to completely West Berlin; the name was changed at the same time to Hobo, after the US-American designation "Hobo" for migratory workers. Together with the almost at the same time created tip the Hobo was the first German city magazine.

Contents of the Hobo sat down predominantly together from meeting references, culture and cinema programs, announcements of concert as well as Tipps to restaurants and taverns. Outstanding admittingness enjoyed the magazine for its classified advertisement part, in particular the contact contacts. The GDR television program was printed likewise, regardless of official disapproving by West-Berliner authorities.

At the beginning of still free of charge in scene taverns and cinemas laid out, the Hobo appearing in the two-week rotation was sold soon at the price by 50 Pfennig. The magazine was very successful, so that by Meschkat had to constantly increase the editorship. Of original small DIN A5-Format was changed for the colour print to DIN A4, the envelopes printed first in black-and-white yielded. With rising success only editorial offices were referred in the Friedrichstrasse, then at the cure prince dam.

When Meschkat began to lead the Hobo increasingly on the basis of business criteria, the work atmosphere in the editorship worsened, among other things by measures like the introduction of Stechuhren. In the year 1977 the coworkers stepped closed into strike and became thereupon from Meschkat to dismiss. The loss of the brought in editorship, which created its own city magazine soon thereafter with the Zitty, led few weeks later to the final attitude of the first German city magazine.

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