Sarganserländer (newspaper)
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| description | Swiss daily newspaper |
| publishing company | Sarganserländer Druck AG |
| First edition | January 2, 1875 |
| Frequency of publication | working days |
| Sold edition | 9,202 (previous year 9,359) copies |
| ( WEMF circulation bulletin 2018) | |
| Widespread edition | 9,202 (previous year 9,359) (large edition 21,053; previous year 20,928) copies |
| (WEMF circulation bulletin 2018) | |
| Range | 0.018 (previous year 0.019) million readers |
| (WEMF MACH Basic 2018-II) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Reto Vincenz |
| executive Director | Urs Kälin |
| Web link | www.sarganserlaender.ch |
The Sarganserländer is a Swiss regional newspaper with the editorial office in Mels . It is the only news paper in the Sarganserland district and one of the country's oldest still-published newspapers. The print shop is located in Haag .
The Sarganserländer is published every working day and has a WEMF - certified circulation of 9,202 (previous year 9,359) sold / distributed copies and a reach of 18,000 (previous year 19,000) readers (WEMF MACH Basic 2018-II). Every Tuesday it appears in a large edition of 21,053 (previous year 20,928) copies that the residents of the Sarganserland receive by post. Editor-in-chief is Reto Vincenz, Managing Director Urs Kälin and Chairman of the Board of Directors Paul Frei.
history
19th century
In conservative circles in what was then the Catholic district of Sargans, it was increasingly considered disturbing that there was no counterbalance on the conservative side in the press landscape alongside the liberally oriented Oberländer Anzeiger . The Oberländer Anzeiger was able to print its political ideas for almost nine years before the Sarganserland was published . The founding of the Sarganserland was preceded in March 1873 by a meeting of the Catholic Men’s and Pius’s Association. On December 30, 1874, the Sarganserländer was founded by the Catholic men's association as "his" organ; on January 2, 1875, the first edition was finally published. The Sarganserländer appeared on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
In the years that followed, the Sarganserländer changed publisher several times. In addition to these technical and economic difficulties - which pushed the Sarganserländer to the brink of ruin - the liberal papers Oberländer Anzeiger and Bote at Wallensee led a fight against the Sarganserländer . This displacement battle was not only waged on an ideological and political level, but also on an economic level: through mutual solicitation of subscribers and free subscriptions. Even in the 1880s, the leaf was only able to keep afloat with great difficulty. Ferdinand Hidber senior finally bought the newspaper, which calmed down the print shop and the newspaper economically. Otto Hidber, son of Ferdinand Hidber, later took over the company.
The Sarganserländer reported on April 26, 1879 that there were various inconsistencies in the management and a bad working atmosphere. In addition to poor bookkeeping and a miscalculation of the advertisements and subscriptions, there were several violations of editorial secrecy because the then publisher sent pieces of text to political opponents. The Sarganserländer wrote in this issue: "... but is still far outbid by the recent incident, where the publisher smuggled in a pamphlet on the editor and his staff with complete tactlessness and insidiousness." The initiator of these actions was, among other things, the then free-spirited mayor of Mels, landlord Franz Meli, who attacked the men's association and the Sarganserländer in the Oberländer Anzeiger several times.
The fact that a free-minded man was able to put his political ideas into a conservative paper shows how unauthorized and contrary to the line of the Catholic men's association the publisher had acted. On April 23, 1879, the Sarganserländer appeared - triggered by the opponents - without the subtitle "Organ of the Catholic Men's Association". These shortcomings led the men's club to call a meeting the following day. On April 26, 1879, in the Sarganserland, the editor described the actions of the printer and publisher as "unprecedented", which misused the organ of the Catholic men's association to "denigrate" the shop stewards. With the words: "Immediately before the May elections, the Catholic men's association was forced out of its law and cheated out of its press organ", the association itself commented on the inconsistencies.
The men's association reacted to the problems with another change of print shop. Although the “Sprecher und Plattner” printer in Chur was now printing the Sarganserländer , the “Brader-Gemperle” printer continued to publish a Sarganserlander , a false or “after-Sarganserlander”, which only differed on the outside because of the Notice to the Catholic men's association was waived. The real Sarganserlander called for the "After-Sarganserlander" to be rejected and the advertisements to be sent "until further notice to Mr. Editor Good or Mr. Secretary Bachofen in Mels". This interlude lasted eight weeks until on June 18, 1879, the Sarganserländer announced the downfall of the Gemperle or «After-Sarganserlander». Later a conservative company bought the publishing house of the Sarganserland and the Gemperle printing house.
20th century
Rusch's time at the Sarganserländer
Johann Baptist Rusch (* 1886; † 1954), a 23-year-old Appenzeller, had been advised to apply as an editor in Mels and was invited to an interview. On January 31, 1909, Rusch appeared before the electoral commission and, after taking a civic examination from the National Council and attorney Grünenfelder, learned: “Mr. Editor, we have chosen you. We have every confidence. Do the best you can. " He is said to have received votes against from pastors and from old, gradually retiring conservatives of the Hidber direction. On February 1, 1909, Rusch was hired by a contract as an editor at the Sarganserländer and the Seeztaal- & Flumserbote with a wage of 1,400 Swiss francs per year.
Rusch's political focus was on the Christian social movement. Soon afterwards he met Eduard Bernhardsgrütter, a secondary school teacher from Mels. Bernhardsgrütter was for the separation of the Christian Social from the conservative party. It did not take long before Rusch was under the influence of Bernhardgretter and spread Christian-social ideas in the Sarganserland as well. This led to an internal conflict between the conservative party and the publisher because Rusch had been hired by the political opponent, a strong conservative.
The criticisms of Rusch became louder when proportional representation was introduced in the canton of St. Gallen and Rusch founded a Christian-social district association. The opposition of the district association would be directed against the exploitation of workers and the rule of the stock exchange, as Rusch described the course of his district association at the first district party conference in June 1911. He also called for the separation of church and state as well as cheaper training for the population. Rusch succeeded in spreading Christian-social ideas in the Sarganserland , and thus suppressed the interests of the conservatives. The Conservative Party complained about his actions, and various sides told Rusch that he would be resigning soon. Attorney Emil Grünenfelder, to whom Johann Rusch had initially recommended the position at the Sarganserländer , explained to him months before the district conference on March 10, 1911: “Then, as a young man, you should be a little more cautious and less cheeky in assessing political matters, yourself if you personally disagree with what is being done above. " As a result, Grünenfeld's admonition to Rusch was clearer in July when he explained to Rusch that he was an editor of a conservative paper and that one might think that he was composed of sheer contradiction and opposition.
Even before Rusch could be fired, he himself had submitted an immediate dismissal because he was offered a position at the Aargauer Volksblatt from October of the same year . Eastern Switzerland reported with pleasure in the first week of July of Rusch's resignation; There was also relief among the conservative party in the Sargans district and among the conservative papers in the canton of St. Gallen. The clergy of the district showed hardly any enthusiasm, since the Sarganserländer could obviously no longer be open to Christian-social ideas. On September 10, 1911, the clerics and other Rusch supporters organized a farewell party on the Schwefelbad village square in Sargans , attended by around 300 people.
Foundation of the stock corporation
As the spokesman for the Christian social movement, Rusch had called for the printing works to be converted into a cooperative long before the company was actually founded . In the course of 1911 even the clergy and various parties claimed more participation in the printing company. Various sides wrote to the consortium asking for a "right to have a say in press matters and a financial participation in the party newspaper by issuing small shares". From other quarters - more precisely: from the treasurer Josef Ackermann and co-signers - on November 28, 1911, the consortium demanded to convert the printing company into a stock corporation. He was in contrast to the mainly Christian-social circles, which called for a cooperative.
After several meetings and decisions, the delegates of the conservative district party formed a press committee in the sulfur bath in Sargans. This committee agreed at the first meeting with representatives of the consortium on the establishment of a stock corporation. At a second meeting on February 17, 1912, this was made clear; an agreement has been drawn up. Her main points were:
- No shareholder may own more than 60 shares.
- The share ownership of the residents of a municipality may not account for more than a third of the entire share portfolio.
The agreement was signed by the founding shareholders and the press committee on November 10, 1912 in the first log book of the Sarganserländische Bruchdruckerei Mels AG . This resolution can be seen as the establishment of a stock corporation with a share capital of 85,000 francs (divided into 850 registered shares of 100 francs). The first items in the statutes were also part of the record book.
"§ 1: The current owners of the Mels book printing company are hereby founding a stock corporation for the purpose of taking over and continuing the book printing business with the publishing house and expedition of the Sarganserländer and Seeztal and Flumserbote papers , which are to be led in a Catholic-conservative tendency, and an advertisement sheet .
§ 2: The headquarters of the company that runs the Sarganserländische Buchdruckerei is in Mels. "
On April 14, 1912, the first general assembly took place in the Hotel Drei Könige in Mels. Emil Grünenfelder was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors; along with two other locals, he was part of the board of directors. Around a year later, the Board of Directors was expanded by two members. On July 26, 1914, during the 2nd General Meeting, the first accounts were presented, at which 38 shareholders (representing 787 votes) were present. The business audit committee - made up of A. Widrig, Max Bürer and Anton Gadient - criticized the fact that the company did not always run under ideal circumstances; especially since the company was run in four buildings and so “working hours would run out”. The annual report also said that the Sarganserländer could only show economic success in the course of the first decade of the 20th century. Unlike his colleagues, Rusch was extremely popular with the people.
Constant lack of space
A later rift between the board of directors and the former managing director A. Hildebrand led Hildebrand to publish the Berg-Post (“Das Blatt der Oberländer”) in collaboration with Rusch . The new competitor of the Sarganserland survived only two years; In 1922 Hildebrand sold the publishing house to the Sarganserländer .
In the course of the 1930s and during the Second World War, the Sarganserländische Buchdruckerei operated moderately. Nevertheless, the premises on Mels village square bought in 1915 became too small, so that the board of directors approved a new building in 1948 and 1949. More powerful printing machines were added to this new building. For these investments, the Board of Directors increased the share capital from CHF 85,000 to CHF 160,000. But this new building soon turned out to be too small. Complaints about lack of space were compounded in 1954 when a rotary printing press was purchased. These space problems were finally eliminated by an extension on the north side, the financing of 120,000 francs for which was approved by the shareholders in May 1954. After the completion of the new building, the print shop seemed to be flourishing: the print jobs increased and new machines had to be bought.
«Pfiffner era»
| year | Surname |
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| 1912-1921 | Emil Grünenfelder |
| 1921-1971 | Paul Good |
| 1971-1989 | Marcell Mullis |
| 1989-2020 | Josef Good |
Sarganserländer becomes a daily newspaper
After Jakob Müller died in 1953, who had edited the Sarganserländer alone from 1945 until his death, Ernst Prodolliet became the new editor, but left the company after three years. His successor Leo Pfiffner was elected by the Board of Directors in 1956. Under his direction the printing of the Werdenberger Anzeiger was taken over. In 1962, due to the increasing number of orders, additional printing machines and the first Linotype typesetting machine were purchased for CHF 135,400. In the following year, the printing company provided the Liechtenstein fatherland with technology and printing staff. The print shop benefited from this and the resources of the typesetting machines were soon exhausted: another Linotype typesetting machine was then purchased. Founded with the company's flourishing economy, the Board of Directors decided in 1966 to publish the Sarganserländer five times a week. In the spring of the same year, the printer also took over the printing of the Liechtensteiner Wochenspiegel .
Ad network is born
In 1968 it was decided to publish the Neue Rheinpost ; it should be the answer to the increasing number of free advertisers. This newspaper mainly contained advertisements and free supplements, which were also advertised in the Sarganserländer , Werdenberger and Obertoggenburger , in the newspaper Der Freie Oberländer as well as in the Liechtensteiner Vaterland . This spread of the advertisements shows the beginning of an advertisement network. In the summer of 1967 a property was bought in Flums , which was soon equipped with new printing machines. Over the years, the space in the branch in Flums became increasingly scarce, so that another property was rented in the same location. From 1970 onwards, a biannual paper on culture and economy called Terra plana was published.
The properties in Mels also had an acute lack of space from 1948 onwards. The machines were therefore temporarily placed in the adjoining rooms, which made work difficult due to their noise. The board of directors therefore put an invitation to tender for an extension of the property on Sarganserstrasse in Mels. After a few changes, the cost of the extension was estimated at 1.4 million francs for the building and almost 200,000 francs for new machines. At the subsequent shareholders' meeting on April 25, 1971, Marzell Mullis was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors to succeed Paul Good, who had previously held office for 50 years. At the same meeting, the shareholders approved the construction costs of 1.6 million francs as well as the increase in share capital by 150,000 francs to a total of 350,000 francs, which were intended to partially finance the expansion. The extension was an uncomfortable time for the staff, but it was over after three quarters of a year and the result could be seen: The rooms of the new extension were more modern, larger and enabled more comfortable work.
Orell Füssli AG also moved into the new premises, which enabled close cooperation between the printer and the advertisement lease. The turnover of the advertisement lease grew rapidly from an initial 300,000 francs to 3.3 million francs in 1994. On January 1, 1999, Orell Füssli AG was also integrated into the Publicitas advertising network.
100 year anniversary
| year | Number of subscribers |
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| 1957 | 3500 |
| 1973 | 7200 |
| 1987 | 10,000 |
| 1994 | 11000 |
In 1973 the extension was completed. On this day, the Sarganserländer organized an open day, on which the building was presented to the population and the 100th anniversary of the Sarganserlander was celebrated with an anniversary number. In the first 100 years, the Sarganserländer developed from a paper whose future was uncertain to a flourishing company with around 7,200 subscribers in 1973. Due to the constant growth and success, the editorial team was enlarged; In 1984 the sports section was greatly expanded, which is why another sports editor joined the team. Leo Pfiffner, who became editor-in-chief in 1953, was able to increase the circulation and the number of subscribers during his time.
The “Pfiffner era” came to an end in 1994 when Leo Pfiffner retired. His successor was Thomas Schwizer.
Modernization and new location
Entry into the electronic media
While the staff was being increased, the machine park was also continuously expanded. In 1977, for example, a double-deck rotary printing press was bought that used to print the deed in Rüschlikon . With her it was possible for the first time to print in color. After almost ten years of operation, it was scrapped and replaced with an Albert A 200 . Not only the machine park was renewed during the seventies and eighties. In the mid-1970s, the workplaces were equipped with computers, and in 1980 there was a switch from lead to photo typesetting. The share capital was increased from CHF 350,000 to CHF 700,000 in order to finance it and later purchase a phototypesetting system. From 1986 the Sarganserländer and Werdenberger and Obertoggenburger operated the local radio station Radio Gonzen together ; In 1983, they received the necessary broadcasting license for the station. Although the radio was very popular with the audience, it could not finance itself.
New building in the industrial zone
At the beginning of 1992, the board of directors began to think about the use of a 4100 square meter property in the industrial zone Plonserfeld near Mels. It was quickly agreed that a new building should be built on it. The board of directors then traveled to various printing houses and got ideas for the design of the new building. Finally, the Seez group of architects and the Ernest Grob Sargans architectural office created a design for the new building: the basement was to be used as a warehouse and archive as well as for machines; a meeting room, a press room and the customer entrance should be located on the ground floor; on the upper floor finally the customer reception as well as the rooms for the editing, reproduction and prepress. At an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on November 5, 1992, the shareholders approved the new building, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place the following year.
The official opening of the new building took place on May 11, 1994 in the multi-purpose building in the Tiergarten. On the same day, the General Assembly also took place at which the company formerly known as “Sarganserlandische Buchdruckerei AG” was renamed “Sarganserländer Druck AG”. Architect Ernest Grob gave the client a remnant iron sculpture, welded together from 128 individual parts, “which will give something to talk about ... Everything starts in the head: thinking, composing and forming opinions. The distinctive entrance is intended to express strength and stability; a healthy company built on solid foundations. This sculpture shows the equilibrium of thinking. "
Cooperation with Southeastern Switzerland
After a dozen daily newspapers in eastern Switzerland had to give up their independence in 1997, the Board of Directors announced on November 22, 1997 a collaboration with Southeastern Switzerland , which extended to the advertisements and the so-called cover pages and came into force on March 1, 1998. The Southeast Switzerland , formerly Grisons newspaper , covered the leaves Oberlander Tagblatt , Gaster countries , Seepresse that Bündner Tagblatt , the Romanesque La quotidian and the Schwyzer leaves messenger of central Switzerland , March-Anzeiger and Höfner people sheet . This cooperation meant that from March 1998 the domestic and international sections as well as international sports topics were no longer produced by the Sarganserländer itself, but came from the central editorial office of Southeastern Switzerland in Chur.
In 2006, the Sarganserländer also changed its layout after Southeastern Switzerland changed its layout from a bluish-gray color to an orange-gray color and also changed the fonts. In the same year, Heinz Gmür became editor-in-chief, replacing Thomas Schwizer.
content
The Sarganserländer appears daily in two parts. In the first federal government, the Sarganserländer reports on regional events, and in some cases also on cantonal events. In addition, most of the advertisements can be found in this first section, letters to the editor and comments are also printed in it. In addition to the work of the Sarganserländer editorial team, newspaper articles also include texts from other newspapers in the Südostschweiz media group or agency reports. The second section is largely drawn up by the Southeastern Switzerland editorial team, including national and international topics as well as sports topics and reports on political events. Comprehensive regional sports reports can be read regularly. The last two pages of the second section contain the weather forecast and a tabloid section.
Circulation development (widespread circulation)
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literature
- Bruno Pfiffner, Leo Pfiffner: 125 years of Sarganserländer . Sarganserländer Druck AG, 1998, ISBN 3-907926-21-8 .
- Daniel Rei: A jump into cold water (PDF; 834 kB) - internship report at Sarganserländer .
Individual evidence
Most of the information in this article has been taken from the sources given under Literature; the following sources are also cited:
- ↑ a b c d e WEMF circulation bulletin 2018 , p. 27 ( large print run p. 26; PDF; 796 kB)
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 23
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 24
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 25/26
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 26 and 27
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 31
- ↑ a b 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 32
- ↑ a b 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 38
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 39
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 44
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 45–47
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 49–50
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 51
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 52–53
- ↑ a b 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 54
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 55/56
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 62
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 63 and 64
- ↑ 125 years of Sarganserländer , pp. 65–71
- ↑ a b c d 125 years of Sarganserländer , p. 75
- ↑ a b c d e Michael Walther: Media History of the Canton of St. Gallen ( Memento from December 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Published by the Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen, 144th New Year's Gazette, 2004, p. 52 (PDF; 2.9 MB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2006 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research , p. 14, large edition p. 13 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2007 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research , p. 14, large edition p. 13 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2008 ( Memento of May 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research , p. 13, large edition p. 15 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2009 ( Memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 14, large edition p. 12 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Bulletin 2010 ( Memento of January 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 14, large edition p. 12 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2011 ( Memento of January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 13, large edition p. 12 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Bulletin 2012 ( Memento of December 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 12, large edition p. 14 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2013 ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 18, large edition p. 14 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2014 ( Memento of February 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 25, large edition p. 21 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Bulletin 2015 ( Memento of December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 26, large edition p. 22 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2016 ( Memento of October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 24, large edition p. 21 (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ a b Edition Bulletin 2017 ( Memento from September 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). AG for advertising media research, p. 27, large edition p. 22 (PDF; 4 kB)