Marbach newspaper

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Marbach newspaper

description German daily newspaper
publishing company Adolf Remppis Verlag GmbH & Co.KG (Germany)
Headquarters Marbach
First edition August 18, 1845
Frequency of publication Monday to Saturday
Sold edition 6613 copies
( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat)
executive Director Kai Keller, Herbert Dachs
Web link marbacher-zeitung.de
ZDB 126410-2

The Marbacher Zeitung (MZ) is a German daily newspaper published in Marbach am Neckar . Its distribution area extends over the entire Bottwartal as well as parts of the Neckar and Murrtal, it is the official announcement sheet for the district of Ludwigsburg and the city of Marbach am Neckar. The headquarters of the editorial office and the publishing house are at König-Wilhelm-Platz in Marbach. Karin Götz is the local editor.

history

The forerunner of the Marbacher Zeitung was the Oberamtsblatt der Schillerstadt, the Postillon , which had been published three times a week since August 18, 1845 . Its publisher changed five times in the first few decades until Adolf Remppis acquired the publisher in 1891. His great-grandchildren Kai and Uwe Keller are still active in the company today.

Since January 2, 1925, the newspaper has been called the Marbacher Zeitung . In the same year it was changed to a daily publication. In 1926 the management passed to Hermann Remppis. Shortly after the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the newspaper had to join the Nazi press and cease publication in 1941. The Adolf Remppis printing company was allowed to resume operations in 1947, but it wasn't until 1949 that the Marbacher Zeitung was able to reach its readers again every day. At that time, the local newspaper got its coat from the Zentralredaktion Süddeutscher Heimatzeitungen. After its dissolution, the Marbacher Zeitung switched to the Südwestdeutscher Zeitungsverband as a shell partner, which four years later joined forces with the Südwestpresse Ulm. In 1973, under the management of Helmut Keller, the Marbacher Zeitung switched from the Berlin to the Rhenish format . It was printed by the Stuttgarter Nachrichten , where the coat has been purchased ever since. The publishing house joined the Stuttgart newspaper advertising community in 1976. Since then he has had printing done in the Waiblingen printing house. In 1999 the company moved into the newly built company building at König-Wilhelm-Platz 2. With the economic connection to the partner Stuttgarter Nachrichten, the management passed to Kai Keller in April 2003.

Since January 2004 the Marbacher Zeitung has been printed in Pressehaus Druck, the largest newspaper printing company in southern Germany. The Marbacher Zeitung has appeared as a local edition of the Stuttgarter Nachrichten since 2005. The local section Marbach & Bottwartal is also included with the Stuttgarter Zeitung .

Edition and circulation area

Marbach & Bottwartal (Stuttgarter Zeitung / Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Marbacher Zeitung), like most German daily newspapers , have lost circulation in recent years . The number of copies sold has fallen by 19.1 percent since 2005. It is currently 6613 copies.

Development of the number of copies sold

Online presence and social media

  • The Marbacher Zeitung has been active on Facebook since February 2013.
  • The Marbacher Zeitung has had its own YouTube channel since May 2015.
  • In August 2016, the Marbacher Zeitung revised its online presence. Photo series and video films complement the local news, police reports and many other topics that have been offered since then.
  • The editors have been publishing a WhatsApp newsletter since September 2017.
  • The Marbacher Zeitung has been tweeting since July 2018.
  • Another newsletter was added in December 2018, and the messages can now also be received via the Telegram messenger service.
  • The Marbacher Zeitung operates an Instagram account for the mz3athlon.

Further products

In addition to the Marbacher Zeitung and the Bottwartal Bote , the wine reading days magazine appears at least three times a year, in which the publishing house highlights the topics of viticulture and literature relevant to the region. In addition to well-known wine producers, the Schillerhaus , the Schiller National Museum , the Literature Museum and the German Literature Archive have their headquarters in Marbach. The Marbacher Zeitung is also a co-organizer of the fair wine reading days marbach + bottwartal . The Marbacher Stadtanzeiger and the Steinheimer Nachrichten are also published by Adolf Remppis Verlag . As the namesake of the mz3athlon, which was held for the first time in 2000, the Adolf Remppis Verlag publishes an annual special.

Trivia

  • The slogan "Welcome home" wants to express the bond between the local newspaper and its employees and the area of ​​distribution.
  • "Always strive for the whole, and you cannot become a whole yourself, as a serving link you join a whole." With this quote from Friedrich Schiller on the title page, the first edition of the "Postillon" appeared on August 18, 1845, the predecessor of the Marbach newspaper.
  • The Marbacher Zeitung is the only one with its own local editorial office in Marbach.
  • Editor Oliver von Schaewen has published three crime novels all about Commissioner Peter Struve. They play largely in the circulation area of ​​the newspaper and in the Ludwigsburg district.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to IVW , ( details on ivw.eu )
  2. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
  3. ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )