''Zürcher Oberländer'', commonly shortened to ''ZOL'', is a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia *Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports * Swiss Internation ...

German-language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

, 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 pu ...

History and profile

''Allmann'', founded in 1852 in

Hinwil Hinwil is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History The village Hinwil from which the later municipality took its name is first mentioned in 745 as ''Hunichinwilari'', in a donation made by Bea ...

, 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 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

, Pfäffikon and Uster.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurcher Oberlander 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