''Freie Erde'' (
German
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: ''Free Earth'') was a German-language daily newspaper published in the
German Democratic Republic
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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. Its title was changed to ''
Nordkurier
''Nordkurier'' is a German language newspaper published in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The paper is the continuation of '' Freie Erde'' which was published in the German Democratic Republic.
History and profile
''Nordkurier'' was first published o ...
'' following the
unification in 1990.
History and profile
''Freie Erde'' was established in 1952 as one of the newspapers published in the German Democratic Republic.
The paper was the organ of the provincial branch of the
Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Although it was originally started to serve for
Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg (lit. ''New Brandenburg'', ) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban centre of the Mecklenburg Lakeland.
The city is famous for its ...
, it was first published in
Neustrelitz, and in April 1974 its headquarters moved to Neubrandenburg.
[ As of 1959 the paper had editions in fourteen smalls towns in the Berlin area.
''Freie Erde'' was published in ]broadsheet
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), ta ...
format and consisted of eight pages.[ and was renamed as ''Nordkurier'' which was owned by Kurierverlag GmbH in 2009.][
]
See also
* List of German newspapers
References
External links
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1952 establishments in East Germany
1990 disestablishments in East Germany
Daily newspapers published in Germany
Defunct newspapers published in Germany
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German-language communist newspapers
Newspapers established in 1952
Publications disestablished in 1990