During the long nineteenth century, the German States saw an exceptionally large number of technical journals published by equally numerous professional organisations as a means of supporting the scientific interaction among their respective members. As the political fragmentation of the German Federation into thirty-nine states hindered the exchange of technical knowledge, these journals promoted the communication between practitioners all over the German States. They aimed to unite the increasingly specialised professionals on a scientific and technical level. This article discusses these associations and their journals in a cultural and technical context, considering the following processes: the professionalisation of the building industry in the nineteenth century; the evolution of an independent technical educational system in the German-speaking countries; and the increasing specialisation of engineering disciplines in the course of industrialisation. These coincided with the shift of interest within the associations from the polytechnical publication to specialised magazine for an increasingly diverse readership. On a political level, the article compares the different publication strategies of architects’ and engineers’ professional organisations, and their professional policies to construct a national sensibility in the fragmented German States before their unification in 1871.

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技术国家建设：19 世纪的德国专业组织及其期刊

在漫长的 19 世纪，德国国家看到了数量众多的专业组织出版的数量异常多的技术期刊，以此作为支持各自成员之间科学互动的手段。由于德国联邦政治分裂为三十九个州阻碍了技术知识的交流，这些期刊促进了德国各州从业者之间的交流。他们的目标是在科学和技术层面上团结越来越专业的专业人士。本文在文化和技术背景下讨论这些协会及其期刊，考虑以下过程： 19 世纪建筑业的专业化；德语国家独立技术教育体系的演变；以及在工业化过程中工程学科的日益专业化。这些恰逢协会内部的兴趣从理工类出版物转向专业杂志，以吸引日益多样化的读者。在政治层面上，文章比较了建筑师和工程师专业组织的不同出版策略，以及他们在 1871 年统一之前在分裂的德意志诸国中构建民族情感的专业政策。这些恰逢协会内部的兴趣从理工类出版物转向专业杂志，以吸引日益多样化的读者。在政治层面上，文章比较了建筑师和工程师专业组织的不同出版策略，以及他们在 1871 年统一之前在分裂的德意志诸国中构建民族情感的专业政策。这些恰逢协会内部的兴趣从理工类出版物转向专业杂志，以吸引日益多样化的读者。在政治层面上，文章比较了建筑师和工程师专业组织的不同出版策略，以及他们在 1871 年统一之前在分裂的德意志诸国中构建民族情感的专业政策。