Augsburger Allgemeine

Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung

The September 17, 2010 front page of Augsburger Allgemeine
Type Daily newspaper
Owner Mediengruppe Pressedruck
Founded 30 October 1945
Headquarters Augsburg, Germany
Official website www.augsburger-allgemeine.de

The Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung is a major German regional daily newspaper published since 1945.[1]

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History

The newspaper was first published on 30 October 1945 under the name of Schwäbische Landeszeitung, under the initiative of Curt Frenzel.[2] Originally, due to the restrictions in early post-war Germany, it was only published twice-weekly.[3] Frenzel had received a licence to publish a newspaper from Colonel Bernhard MacMahon of the US military government in Bavaria.[4]

After Curt Frenzel's death in 1970, his daughter Ellinor Holland continued the newspaper that was renamed to Augsburger Allgemeine on 1 November 1959.[5] The newspaper and publishing company are still fully owned by the Holland family and now managed by the third generation.[4]

In the second quarter of 2008, the newspaper sold 344,537 copies.[6]

From 1807 to 1882, a Allgemeine Zeitung was published in Augsburg but it is not connected to the later newspaper.[7]

Local newspapers

The Augsburger Allgemeine is part of a network of local newspapers in Swabia and parts of Upper Bavaria, these being:[8]

References

  1. ^ "Augsburger Allgemeine beteiligt sich an Timeshot". Augsburger Allgemeine. June 1, 2007. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Nachrichten/Bayern/Artikel,-AZ-beteiligt-sich-an-Timeshot-_arid,963226_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4289.html. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  2. ^ Von der Zeitung zur Mediengruppe (German), accessed: 16 November 2008
  3. ^ Schwäbische Landeszeitung - Edition 1 (German) Published: 30 October 1945, accessed: 16 December 2008
  4. ^ a b Presse-Druck- und Verlags-GmbH Short history, accessed: 16 December 2008
  5. ^ In Augsburg verlegte Zeitungen (Bestände Augsburger Institutionen) (German) List of newspapers published in Augsburg, accessed: 16 December 2008
  6. ^ Augsburger Allgemeine website List of associated newspapers with publication numbers, accessed: 16 December 2008
  7. ^ In Augsburg verlegte Zeitungen (Bestände Augsburger Institutionen) (German) List of newspapers published in Augsburg, accessed: 16 December 2008
  8. ^ Augsburger Allgemeine website List of associated newspapers with publication numbers, accessed: 15 December 2008

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