''Lausitzer Rundschau'' is a daily regional newspaper published in

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squ ...

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. It has been in circulation since 1946.

History and profile

''Lausitzer Rundschau'' was founded in

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budi ...

and first published with a cover price of 15

pfennig The 'pfennig' (; . 'pfennigs' or ; symbol pf or ₰) or penny is a former German coin or note, which was the official currency from the 9th century until the introduction of the euro in 2002. While a valuable coin during the Middle Ages, ...

s, on 20 May 1946. It was a regional media outlet of the East German ruling party, Socialist Unity Party, and the editor-in-chief was Paula Acker. In 1952 the offices of the paper moved to

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and is the largest town in Upper Lus ...

, the largest town in the

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to t ...

region. The paper consisted of eight pages. On 5 August 1952 the paper moved to its current headquarters in Cottbus. The paper was owned by the Socialist Unity Party before

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

. Following the unification the daily became part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. The company also owned other newspapers, including ''

Saarbrücker Zeitung The ' (''SZ'') is a daily (except Sundays) newspaper published in Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German ...

''. ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' is published in

tabloid format A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format. Etymology The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs We ...

by a subsidiary of the Saarbrücker Zeitung Group, LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH. In September 2012 the majority share of Saarbrücker Zeitung Group was acquired by Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. The paper serves the states of Brandenburg and

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...

and has 13 editions. Since 2 March 2006 ''LR-Woche'', a free weekly tabloid, has been delivered with the paper. ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' was called Lügenrudi (German: Liar Tom) when it was published in East Germany. The daily publishes extensive reports on

neo-nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack ...

activity in the region. The offices of ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' has been target for the attacks by right-wing extremists in Lübbenau and

Spremberg Spremberg ( dsb, Grodk) is a municipality near the Saxon city of Hoyerswerda and is in the Spree-Neiße district of Brandenburg, Germany. First mentioned in 1301, the town alone has 14,028 inhabitants, and the municipality, including other villa ...

. In 2000

Simone Wendler Simone Wendler (* 1955 in Cottbus) is a chemist and journalist. Until her retirement, she was chief reporter of Lausitzer Rundschau, Lusatian Rundschau Newspaper. Life Wendler studied chemistry, graduated with a diploma and worked until 1990 i ...

became chief reporter who was awarded for her article entitled "graft and corruption in Cottbus?". The circulation of ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' was 100,000 copies in January 1954. In the second quarter of 2003 the paper sold 136,259 copies.

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