''Schwäbische Zeitung'' (eng. "Swabian Times") is a daily newspaper published by Medienhaus Schwäbisch Media, Schwäbischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler in

Ravensburg Ravensburg ( Swabian: ''Raveschburg'') is a city in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an imp ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. It was first published in Leutkirch im Allgäu on December 4, 1945 and is one of the largest regional subscription newspapers in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. The paid circulation is 161,671 copies, a decrease of 18 percent since 1998. Until the move to

in January 2013, Leutkirch was also the headquarters of the publishing house and the central editorial office. The Schwäbische Zeitung has a regional monopoly position in

Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...

Technical data

The newspaper has the Rhenish format with a type area (width × height) of 320 mm × 480 mm. It has seven columns, resulting in a column width of 44.4 mm.

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* Newspapers published in Germany Ravensburg German news websites {{Germany-newspaper-stub