The ''Schwäbische Post'' is a local daily newspaper for
Ostalbkreis. It is published by the
media conglomerate SDZ Druck und Medien GmbH & Co. KG in
Aalen
Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the large ...
. It uses the outer jacket (''
Mantel'') composed by the editorial department of
Südwest Presse in Ulm. SDZ Druck und Medien has 312 employees, including graphic designers, salesmen for both digital and print, IT systems support specialists, economists, editorial volunteers and 30
editors.
History
On 29 January 1837, two
Schwäbisch Gmünd booksellers, Johannes Raach and Philip Jakob Andreas Buck, founded Aalen's first newspaper, the ''Bote von Aalen''. In 1853, Ludwig Gottlob Stierlin was awarded the publication rights for the ''Bote von Aalen:Amts- und Intelligenz-Blatts Oberamtsbezirk Aalen'', renamed to ''Kocherzeitung'' in 1873.
In 1933, the National Socialist Press (''NS Presse'') became the majority shareholder under
Gleichschaltung
The Nazi term () or "coordination" was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party successively established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society and societies occupied b ...
. They renamed the paper ''Kocher- und Nationalzeitung''. The final issue was printed on 17 May 1945.
On 25 February 1948, John Binkowski and Konrad Theiss applied for a license at the
Office of Military Government, United States for the newly established publisher ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' to print the ''Schwäbischen Post – Zeitung für den Kreis Aalen'' newspaper for the region of
Baden-Württemberg.
In order to emphasize continuous news service for Aalen since 1837,
Süddeutsche Zeitung
The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat.
History ...
reassigned both the book publishing rights of WA Stierlin and the publishing rights for the ''Kocherzeitung'' to the ''Schwäbische Post''.
Circulation and Distribution Area
The daily total paid circulation of the ''Swabian post'' in 2020 is 24,179 copies.
The distribution area of the ''Swabian post'' includes the county seat
Aalen
Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the large ...
with suburbs ''Unterkochen'', ''Ebnat'', ''Waldhausen'', ''Dewangen'', ''Wasseralfingen'', ''Mayrhofen'' and ''Fachsenfeld'', the municipality of
Abtsgmuend with its district of
Untergröningen,
Ellwangen with the suburbs of ''Schrezheim'', ''Rindelbach'', ''Röhlingen'' and ''Pfahlheim'',
Bopfingen with the suburbs of ''Unterriffingen'', ''Trochtelfingen'', ''Aufhausen'', ''Oberdorf'', ''Kerkingen'' and ''Baldern'',
Neresheim with the suburbs of ''Elchingen'', ''Dorfmerkingen'', ''Kösingen'', ''Stetten'', ''Schweindorf'', ''Hohlenstein'' and ''Ohmenheim'',
Lauchheim with suburbs ''Rottingen'' and ''Hülen'',
Oberkochen,
Kirchheim am Ries and
Riesbürg
Riesbürg is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russi ...
.
Other media activities by SDZ Druck und Medien
*1961: Opened a Schwäpo shop in Aalen
*1986: Spun off their Department of Information Technology as the subsidiary ''Theiss & Binkowski Aalen GmbH & Co. KG Data Center''
*1992: Founded a business newspaper for the
Ostwürttemberg regional economy.
*1995: Collaborated with a
Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart to produce a multimedia catalog for DSM (Digital Sales Marketing). They developed the service mark SDZeCOM, which was spun off as an independent subsidiary in 2008
*2000: Founded Digitaldruck
www.digitaldruckdeutschland.de/ and its subsidiary ''DigitalDruck Aalen'' (known as DigitalDruck Deutschland since April 2007)
*July 2001: 1. Started the ''Ostalb Mail GmbH & Co. KG'', a private service for business mail
*January 2009: Began sponsoring the city magazine XAVER
www.xaver.de
References
External links
Online edition of the Schwäbische Post(in German)
SDZ. Druck und MedienSDZeCOMDigitalDruck DeutschlandOstalb MailXAVER Magazine
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Daily newspapers published in Germany
German-language newspapers