''Zürcher Oberländer'', commonly shortened to ''ZOL'', is a
Swiss
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* Swiss people
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German-language
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daily newspaper
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, published in
Wetzikon
Wetzikon is a small town in the Zurich Highlands (Zürcher Oberland) area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich.
Geography
The municipality Wetzikon has an area of . Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural p ...
.
History and profile
''Allmann'', founded in 1852 in
Hinwil
Hinwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland.
History
The village Hinwil from which the later municipality ...
, was the earliest predecessor of the as of today ''Zürcher Oberländer''. ''Allmann'' in which
Jakob Messikommer
Jakob Messikommer (18 August 1828 – 23 August 1917) was a Swiss archaeologist who among others discovered and researched the UNESCO serial site Wetzikon–Robenhausen.
Bibliography
Personal life
Born in the hamlet of ''Stegen'' in Wetzik ...
published a poem, was adopted by the printing office ''Buchdruckerei Wetzikon AG'' (as of today ''Zürcher Oberland Medien AG''), which was founded by liberals in 1870, and renamed in ''Der Freisinnige''. It was daily published from 1912 and merged in 1960 with the '' "Volksblatt vom Bachtel'' which was founded in 1861. It was called now ''Zürcher Oberländer'', but kept under the chief editors Karl Eckinger (1943–1972) and Oskar Fritschi (1972–2004) his liberal orientation. Following the acquisition of the newspapers ''Tagblatt des Distrikts Pfäffikon'' (1972) and the ''Anzeigers von Uster'' (1996), ''ZO'' reached a leading position in the districts Hinwil, Pfäffikon and Uster. The as before independent ''Anzeiger von Uster'' newspaper was integrated as local part of ''Zürcher Oberländer'' for the
Uster district
Uster District is one of the twelve districts of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Its capital is the city of Uster. The German-speaking district has a population of (as of ).
Municipalities
Uster contains a total of ten municipalities
...
. The
Tamedia
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AG acquired in 2010 a minority stake of 38%, and ''ZO'' was integrated into their ''Zürcher Regionalzeitungen'' division, claimed to be of compound of the Zürich regional newspapers, in 2011. 1966 the edition occurred 14,330, 23,348 in 1975 and in 2012 32,196 copies.
''Zürcher Oberländer'' describes itself as ''economic and journalistic independent''.
[German: "Der Erhalt der Eigenständigkeit in Bezug auf die wirtschaftliche und publizistische Unabhängigkeit ist das oberste Ziel der Gesellschaft."] It is the official publication media for 20 municipalities in the districts of
Hinwil
Hinwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland.
History
The village Hinwil from which the later municipality ...
,
Pfäffikon and Uster.
References
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1852 establishments in Switzerland
1870 establishments in Switzerland
Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
German-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Wetzikon
Publications established in 1870
Newspapers published in Zürich