KirchenZeitung Diocese Linz
| KirchenZeitung Diocese Linz
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| description | Subscription weekly newspaper |
| Frequency of publication | weekly |
| Sold edition | 30,730 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Matthäus Fellinger |
| editor | Willi Vieböck |
| Web link | www.kirchenzeitung.at |
The KirchenZeitung Diocese Linz is the information and communication organ of the Diocese of Linz .
history
The publication of the Linzer Kirchenblatt began under Bishop Josephus Calasanz Fließer and pastoral care director Franz Vieböck. The first issue of the weekly magazine for the Catholics of the Diocese of Linz appeared on Oct. 28, 1945. From 1975 the newspaper was called the Linzer Kirchenzeitung , from 1989 it was called the Church Newspaper of the Diocese of Linz and since 2005 it has appeared as the “KirchenZeitung Diocese Linz”.
90,000 of the No. 1 in 1945 were launched. The circulation increased in the following years to a high of 142,000 copies. Years later, the circulation leveled off at around 122,000 pieces. In 1968/69 the circulation began to decline. In 1971 it was 116,000, in 1973 it was 112,000 and in 1974 it was 106,000. The steady decline in the following years led to a print run of almost 32,900 copies in the 2nd half of 2014 (according to ÖAK). The KirchenZeitung Diözese Linz is read in 48 countries worldwide.
The church sheet was initially housed in the Linz cathedral parish courtyard. On May 1, 1946, Canon Vieböck moved with the pastoral office and the church journal to the Caritashaus in the Seilerstätte. In 1980 the newly established pastoral office of the Linz diocese was moved into on Kapuzinerstraße, to which the KirchenZeitung also moved.
content
The basic principles of the Second Vatican Council apply to the design . The KirchenZeitung is primarily used for communication between Catholics and with those who are interested in this communication. She is primarily responsible for the concerns of the Catholic Church in Upper Austria and would like to promote awareness of ecumenism and global responsibility.
Editorial policy
The KirchenZeitung is a platform for church and social exchange. As a church medium in Upper Austria, it addresses all areas of life and beliefs and contributes to the formation of church and social opinion. The KirchenZeitung Diözese Linz wants to offer help and support in different life situations. The main focus is on the church in Upper Austria in its entirety. The KirchenZeitung promotes awareness of socially responsible action and good cooperation between churches and religious communities.
The KirchenZeitung Diocese Linz appears weekly and cooperates closely with the church newspapers of the dioceses Feldkirch (Vorarlberger KirchenBlatt), Innsbruck (Tyrolean Sunday) and Eisenstadt ( Martinus - church newspaper of the Diocese of Eisenstadt ).
Editor and media owner
The KirchenZeitung Diocese Linz is owned by the Diocese of Linz and is self-published. Reinhold Hofstetter has been managing director since December 2016. Willi Vieböck is the editor. Since jan. In 2020, Heinz Niederleitner is editor-in-chief of the KirchenZeitung.
Solidarity award
The Solidarity Prize of the KirchenZeitung Diözese Linz was initiated in 1994 by the KirchenZeitung Diözese Linz and has been awarded annually since then in cooperation with the Upper Austrian provincial government. With the Solidarity Prize, the KirchenZeitung Diözese Linz honors people who are characterized by particularly trend-setting solidarity. It is about more humanity, about more togetherness of residents and foreigners, of young and old, of disabled and non-disabled people, of nature and the environment, of healthy and sick, of town and country or of industrialized and developing countries .
literature
- Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz, festival edition for the anniversary "50 years of the church newspaper"