The ''Kieler Nachrichten'' (literally "Kiel News") or ''KN'' is the only

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published in

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. It is published by "Kieler Zeitung Verlags und Druckerei KG-GmbH & Co.", a subdivision of

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which owns 24.5 percent of the company. The newspaper's office is located at Asmus-Bremer-Platz between Holstenstraße and the Kiel city hall. The ''KN'' was first published on 3 April 1946, with the permission of the

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after

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. The newspaper later considered itself a successor to the ''

Kieler Zeitung Kieler may refer to: *Jørgen Kieler (1919–2017), Danish physician, participated in resistance activities under the German occupation of Denmark * Laura Kieler (1849–1932), Norwegian-Danish novelist *Kieler, Wisconsin, unincorporated community ...

'' (founded 1864) and the ''

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'' (founded 1894). In

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's comic '' Werner'', the ''KN'' is known as the ''Kieler Nachtwächter'' ("Kiel Night Watchman").

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