| Categories | Political, social |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Year founded | 1883 |
| First issue | 6 May 1883 |
| Country | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Based in | Zilah, Szilágy County |
| Language | Hungarian |
Szilágy was a Hungarian language weekly newspaper, published between 1893 and 1910 in Szilágy County, Kingdom of Hungary, with its headquarters in Zilah (present-day Zalău, Romania).[1]
The first newspaper in Szilágy County was published in 1877[2] by Sámuel Borbély, professor of the teachers college in Zilah, which also had the title Szilágy. The paper proved to be a short living one and its last issue was published on 27 December 1879. In November 1882 Sámuel Arday Balogh launched his own paper, Szilágy és környéke, but similarly to Borbély's paper did not manage to break through and eventually stopped to publish on 23 April 1883 after only 23 issues.[3]
The county, however, did not stay without a paper for too long, as three weeks later on 6 May 1883 the first edition of Szilágy was published. The newly formed gazzette had no connection with Borbély's paper published earlier and did not even carry on its volume numbers.[3] The first editor in chief was Lajos Dénes, who, after was named for crown counsel, gave the position to Gyula Kincs, teacher of the Reformed College in Zilah. In the college studied Endre Ady, whose first poem was published in the Szilágy on 22 March 1896 and later also contributed to the paper.[3]