The ''Rheinischer Merkur'' (literally "
Rhineland
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Mercury") was a nationwide
conservative
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German
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weekly
newspaper
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appearing on Thursdays. It was published in
Bonn
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. Its
managing director
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was Bert Günther Wegener, and the
editor in chief from 1994 to 2010 was Michael Rutz. Its
circulation in the third quarter of 2003 was 105,422.
The editorial board of the ''Rheinischer Merkur'' was advised by a board of publishers consisting of senior figures of public life such as
Roman Herzog
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,
Jean-Claude Juncker
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and
Paul Kirchhof
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.
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Charity Label portrait of Rheinischer Merkur
The last full-fledged issue was on 25 November 2010. Since December 2010, the "Merkur" has been published under the name ''Christ & Welt'' (literally "Christian & World") as a weekly supplement to ''
Die Zeit''.
See also
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Thomas Kielinger
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Biography
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(Editor in chief 1985-1994)
*
Michael Mertes
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(Foreign editor 1999-2002)
Notes
External links
''Christ & Welt'' Online
German-language newspapers
Mass media in Bonn
Weekly newspapers published in Germany
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