Flensborg Avis

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Flensborg Avis
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description regional daily newspaper
language 2, 3, Danish, 1, 3, German
publishing company Flensborg Avis AG
First edition October 1, 1869
Frequency of publication Monday to Saturday
Sold edition 4,327 copies
( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat)
Editor-in-chief Jørgen Møllekær
Web link fla.de
ZDB 43887-x

Flensborg Avis is a daily newspaper from Flensburg that has been publishing in both Danish and German since 1869 . The newspaper sees itself as the mouthpiece of the Danish minority . The sold circulation is 4,327 copies, a decrease of 38.5 percent since 1998. Its German-language counterpart in the neighboring North Schleswig is the daily newspaper Der Nordschleswiger .

history

Old company sign in the Danewerk Museum

The predecessor of Flensborg Avis was the German-language Flensburger Anzeiger , the first edition of which appeared in 1868. Flensborg Avis has been publishing in Danish since October 1, 1869. As the most important Danish-language press in Schleswig , which has been in Prussia since 1864/67 , the editorial team repeatedly came into conflict with the German authorities after the pressure was not on them during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II -German population has been strengthened. The long-time editor-in-chief and later member of the Reichstag, Jens Jessen , was arrested several times. After the partition of Schleswig in 1920, his successor Ernst Christiansen became the most important representative of the Danish ethnic group that remained south of the new German-Danish border. In addition to the Danish-language main edition, Flensborg Avis also published the German-language newspaper Der Schleswiger during this period .

During the National Socialist era , Flensborg Avis was the only press organ in Germany that was largely able to evade formal harmonization . Particularly harsh reporting was apparently avoided. Regarding the Hitler speech in the Flensburg stadium in 1932 , Der Schleswiger only put it mildly: “The leader of the largest German party, Adolf Hitler, did not speak any words on Saturday that could have offended us Danes or the other Scandinavians . [...] ". The editorial team was under great pressure and constantly had to fear new reprisals. In 1937, for example, Schleswig-Holstein , which was finally downgraded to a supplement, was banned entirely, and in 1940 Ernst Christiansen had to resign as editor-in-chief. Nevertheless, Flensborg Avis was able to appear until in 1945 the lack of paper forced the newspaper, which had already been thinned out due to the war, to suspend operations.

In the post-war period , Flensborg Avis experienced a new boom when the Danish minority in the Schleswig region received a large number of visitors. Your German speaking mouthpiece, the Südschleswigsche Heimatzeitung , appeared until the 1970s. It was then continued on the inside of every Flensborg Avis issue . However, the circulation has decreased continuously since 1950.

present

The “city office” (bykontor) of Flensborg Avis in Schiffbrückstraße at the Flensburg harbor

At the local level, Flensborg Avis competes with the higher-circulation, German-language Flensburger Tageblatt , although Flensborg Avis, as a newspaper for the Danish minority, addresses a different target group. A sold circulation of 4,327 copies is achieved. In the annual report of the management, which was presented to the general meeting of Flensborg Avis AG on June 20, 2008, a circulation of 5,428 copies is mentioned for 2007, 1,848 of which were delivered to Denmark. The Thursday edition contains an information sheet from Sydslesvigsk Forening and is sent to all members of the association. The circulation for this day is over 14,000. The Danish School Association publishes a supplement in the newspaper at irregular intervals . All members of the school association receive these expenses. This also increases the circulation.

There are local editorial offices in Flensburg, Schleswig , Niebüll and Husum . However, according to the legal notice, the latter has not been occupied since 1998. A total of 30 editors are employed by the newspaper. Danish-language regional news is produced for Radio Schleswig-Holstein and is broadcast on weekdays in the Flensburg / Südschleswig area.

Flensborg Avis is one of the smallest daily newspapers in Germany and has been able to maintain its economic and editorial autonomy to this day. The newspaper is a public limited company whose budget consists of self-generated income and an annual subsidy from the Danish government of around three million euros. The German state does not provide any support. Conversely, the Federal Republic of Germany supports the German-language daily newspaper Der Nordschleswiger in Denmark , which has been published since 1946.

Since 2008 there has been a cooperation with Nordschleswiger and the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher , to which the Flensburger Tageblatt belongs. If necessary, some articles can be taken over from the other newspaper, also in translated form.

Edition

The Flensborg Avis , like most German newspapers in recent years to rest lost. The number of copies sold has fallen by an average of 2.8% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 3.6%. It currently amounts to 4,327 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 62.8 percent.

Development of the number of copies sold

literature

  • Poul Kürstein (Red.): Flensborg Avis 1869-1969. Slesvigske år og dage. Flensburg 1969.
  • René Rasmussen: Front and office. Flensborg Avis i spil mellem Tyskland og Danmark 1930-45. Flensburg 2005.
  • Årsberetning 2007 Flensborg Avis AG, generalforsamling.

Web links

Commons : Flensborg Avis  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marc-Christoph Wagner: 50 years of "Flensborg Avis". Cultural link between the Danish minority and the German majority. In: www.deutschlandfunk.de. Deutschlandfunk , March 26, 2005, accessed on December 22, 2016 .
  2. ↑ according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )
  3. ↑ Der Schleswiger : After April 24th. Hitler in Flensburg on: April 26, 1932; accessed on: March 17, 2018
  4. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, p. 356 ff.
  5. ↑ Der Spiegel : Press. Schleswig-Holstein related , dated: October 2, 1948; accessed on: March 17, 2018
  6. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
  7. ↑ Der Nordschleswiger: About the newspaper ( Memento from April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ according to IVW ( online )
  9. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
  10. ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )