The ''Schwäbische Post'' is a local daily newspaper for

Ostalbkreis The Ostalbkreis is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall (district), Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach ( ...

. It is published by the

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SDZ Druck und Medien GmbH & Co. KG in

Aalen Aalen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Oole'') is a town 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 ...

. It uses the outer jacket or (the national section of a regional newspaper) composed by the editorial department of

Südwest Presse ''Südwest Presse'' is a German daily newspaper based in Ulm, which is distributed in Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Alb-Donau-Kreis and Landkreis Neu-Ulm. It is also the name of a regional cooperative venture (called a ''Zeitungsverbund'' – newspaper compo ...

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

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History

On 29 January 1837, two

Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district ...

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

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. 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

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for the newly established publisher ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' to print the ''Schwäbischen Post – Zeitung für den Kreis Aalen'' newspaper for the region of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

. 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 and most influential daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of ''SZ'' is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and ...

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

with suburbs ''Unterkochen'', ''Ebnat'', ''Waldhausen'', ''Dewangen'', ''Wasseralfingen'', ''Mayrhofen'' and ''Fachsenfeld'', the municipality of Abtsgmuend with its district of Untergröningen,

Ellwangen Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst), in common use simply Ellwangen () is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about north of Aalen. Ellwangen has 25,000 inha ...

with the suburbs of ''Schrezheim'', ''Rindelbach'', ''Röhlingen'' and ''Pfahlheim'',

Bopfingen Bopfingen ( Swabian: ''Bopfeng'') is a small city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Ostalbkreis, between Aalen and Nördlingen. It consists of the city Bopfingen itself and its suburbs Aufhausen, Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkin ...

with the suburbs of ''Unterriffingen'', ''Trochtelfingen'', ''Aufhausen'', ''Oberdorf'', ''Kerkingen'' and ''Baldern'',

Neresheim Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated northeast of Heidenheim an der Brenz, Heidenheim, and southeast of Aalen. It's the home of the Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was ''Reich ...

with the suburbs of ''Elchingen'', ''Dorfmerkingen'', ''Kösingen'', ''Stetten'', ''Schweindorf'', ''Hohlenstein'' and ''Ohmenheim'',

Lauchheim Lauchheim is a town and municipality with approximately 4800 inhabitants in the Ostalbkreis district, in the Stuttgart region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography Lauchheim is situated on the river Jagst, 12 km northeast of Aalen. It ...

with suburbs ''Rottingen'' and ''Hülen'',

Oberkochen Oberkochen is a municipality (officially a town, despite its size) in the Ostalbkreis, in Baden-Württemberg, in Germany. Name The name "Oberkochen" consists of the two German words "ober", meaning "above" or "upper", and " Kocher", the name o ...

Kirchheim am Ries Kirchheim is a municipality in the district of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Demographics Population development: Twin towns — sister cities Kirchheim am Ries is twinned with: * Solarolo Solarolo () is a ''comune'' ...

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 lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...

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

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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

History

Circulation and Distribution Area

Other media activities by SDZ Druck und Medien

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