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

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, published in

Wetzikon Wetzikon is a small town in the Zürcher Oberland, Zurich Highlands (Zürcher Oberland) area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich. Geography The Municipal ...

History and profile

''Allmann'', founded in 1852 in

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, 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 published daily starting 1912 and in 1960 merged 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

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. IN 2010, The

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AG acquired 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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