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 state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

, Germany.

History and profile

It was first published as a weekly journal in 1761 under the title ' (''Nassau-Saarbrücken Weekly''). After several changes in name and frequency, it appeared since 1861 under its current title. After the Saar Treaty in 1956, the Saarland state became its owner. It was privatized in 1969;""
, the paper's major owner (56.1%) was the

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Holtzbrinck Publishing Group () is a privately held German company based in Stuttgart which owns publishing companies worldwide. Through Macmillan Publishers, it is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies. In 2015, it merged ...

. Rheinische Post Mediengruppe became the majority owner in 2013. In 2001, ''Saarbrücker Zeitung'' received the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Prize for Local Journalism. ''Saarbrücker Zeitung'' had a circulation of 128,174 copies in 2017.''Saarbrücker Zeitung''
( IVW Q4/2017)

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Daily newspapers published in Germany German-language newspapers Mass media in Saarbrücken Publications established in 1761 German news websites {{Germany-newspaper-stub