Rheintalische Volkszeitung

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Rheintalische Volkszeitung
Logo Rheintalische Volkszeitung
description Swiss daily newspaper
publishing company galledia group AG
First edition July 7, 1855
(as General Gazette )
Frequency of publication working days
Sold edition 3,861 (previous year 3,937) copies
( WEMF circulation bulletin 2018)
Widespread edition 3,861 (previous year 3,937) copies
(WEMF circulation bulletin 2018)
Web link www.rheintaler.ch

The Rheintalische Volkszeitung is a regional, formerly Catholic Swiss daily newspaper in Berneck (formerly Altstätten ). It appears in the advertising and newspaper network of the St. Galler Tagblatt .

Edition

The newspaper had 2,657 subscribers in 1890, and in 2008 the WEMF - certified circulation amounted to 6,212 copies. Today (2018) it is still 3,861 (previous year 3,937) sold (and distributed ) copies. Rheintalische Volkszeitung and Rheintaler together have a total circulation of 12,010 copies sold / distributed and a reach of 27,000 (previous year 26,000) readers (WEMF MACH Basic 2018-II).

First issue of the Allgemeine Anzeiger , the predecessor of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung

The large Rheintal Weekend edition appears on Fridays with a widespread circulation of 35,098 copies. In addition to being distributed to the subscribers, the A is also distributed in the mailboxes of non-subscribers in the region.

history

The origin of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung goes back to the year 1855. At that time, the Allgemeine Anzeiger for the districts of the Lower and Upper Rhine Valley , Werdenberg and Sargans , a small apolitical advertisement sheet founded by the book printer Rudolf Unteregger, appeared in Altstätten from July 7, 1855 (according to sample numbers from June 23, 1855) . In 1864 the name was shortened to Rheintalischer Allgemeine Anzeiger , a designation that was used as a subtitle until March 20, 1986 after the renaming to the current name Rheintalische Volkszeitung and the simultaneous transition to the larger format on April 16, 1904.

In 1872 a group of four members of the Catholic Conservative Party Altstätten - Cantonal Councilor Johann Baptist Rist-Bucher, District Mayor Johannes Segmüller, Mayor and Cantonal Councilor Johannes Schneider and music teacher Jakob Thür - acquired the Unteregger printing house. The group formed a consortium of 35 men who took over the ownership and publishing rights of the Rheintalischer Allgemeine Anzeiger . Out of consideration for the predominant Catholic newspaper in the canton at the time, St. Gallen's Truth Friend (later renamed Die Ostschweiz ), the initiators waited until January 1, 1893 to implement their plan for a Catholic newspaper for the region.

From 1884 the newspaper appeared twice a week, from 1900 three times, from 1910 four times, from 1959 five times and from November 1, 1976 six times.

Edition of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung from 1905

The Rheintalische Volkszeitung struggled early 20th century, particularly for the introduction of proportional representation at cantonal and national level, which was finally adopted after several rejections by voters.

In 1947, the cooperative of the book printing company of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung, which had existed since 1925, was converted into the book and offset printing company “Rheintalische Volkszeitung” AG. In 1997 the company was renamed RVA Druck und Medien AG.

On March 21, 1986 the orange color was introduced on the front, at the same time the subtitle “Rheintalischer Allgemeine Anzeiger” was dropped. On February 1, 1990, the newspaper was redesigned with the transition from Fraktur to today's newspaper head.

After the Rheintalische Volkszeitung once again got into a threatening economic situation, it decided in 2011 to actually merge with the former free-spirited opponent Der Rheintaler . To this end, the two publishers, RDV Rheintaler Druckerei und Verlag AG and RVA Druck und Medien AG, founded a joint publishing company for the two newspapers in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley , Rheintal Verlag AG, in which RDV AG held a majority of 82% . The local text and advertising sections have since been identical in both newspapers. For the time being , the Rheintalische Volkszeitung continued to obtain the supraregional pages from the Bündner Tagblatt (before that, until it was received in 1998 from Eastern Switzerland ), the Rheintaler from the St. Galler Tagblatt .

The contract with the publisher of the Bündner Tagblatt , Südostschweiz Medien AG (now Somedia AG ), was not renewed after it expired at the end of 2013. The national parts as since 2014 when Rheintaler also from the St. Galler Tagblatt adopted the Rheintalische Volkszeitung only single shell sides takes, the Rhine Valley , however, the complete first two league . RVA Druck und Medien AG was merged with RDV Rheintaler Druckerei und Verlag AG and Rheintal Verlag AG to form Rheintal Medien AG and dissolved. Rheintal Medien AG was renamed Galledia Group AG at the beginning of 2019.

Editors-in-chief

Edition of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung from 1954

Until 1899, the Rheintalische Allgemeine Anzeiger was looked after by chamberlain Karl Josef Thüringer, pastor Leo Benz, court president Johann Städler, national councilor Carl Zurburg and canon Franz Xaver Wetzel. After that, full-time editors worked:

  • 1898–1900 Emil Buomberger
  • 1900–1902 Karl Dux (mayor)
  • 1902–1927 Josef Schöbi (District Administrator)
  • 1927–1929 Sebastian Regli
  • 1929–1952 Joseph Keel-Kathriner
  • 1952–1982 Eugen Rohner
  • 1982–1990 Christoph Mattle
  • 1990–1994 Thomas Schwizer
  • 1994-2001 Pius Schärli
  • 2001–2013 René Jann

Web links

Commons : Rheintalische Volkszeitung  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b WEMF circulation bulletin 2018 , p. 25 (PDF; 796 kB).
  2. ↑ WEMF circulation bulletin 2018 , p. 3 (PDF; 796 kB).
  3. ^ A The Ostschweizer weekly newspaper. CH Regionalmedien AG.
  4. ↑ Joseph Keel-Kathriner: From men and their work. In: 100 Years of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung. July 1955 (special issue for the 100th anniversary).
  5. ↑ Gert Bruderer: Two newspapers under one roof. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. 17th November 2010.
  6. ^ Max Tinner: Reconciled newspaper landscape. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. May 3, 2014.
  7. ^ Markus Knöpfli: Rheintal Medien AG becomes Galledia Group AG. In: horizon. 7th June 2018.
  8. ↑ 150 years of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung. In: Special supplement of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung for the 150th anniversary. July 15, 2005.
  9. ^ Hugo Hungerbühler: Emil Buomberger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  10. ^ Peter Müller: Josef Schöbi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  11. ^ Franz Xaver Bishop: Johann Joseph Keel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .