The Westallgäu

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The Westallgäu
Logo Der Westallgäuer.png
description Subscription daily newspaper
Area of ​​Expertise Local newspaper
language German
publishing company Holzer Druck und Medien and Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag GmbH
First edition 1852
Frequency of publication Monday to Saturday
Sold edition 7301 copies
( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat)
Editor-in-chief Ulrich Hagemeier (local), Walter Roller (general)
editor Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (†), Ellinor Holland (†), Günter Holland (†), Dr. Elmar Holzer
Web link westallgäuer-zeitung.de , all-in.de

The Westallgäuer , WA for short , is a local newspaper of the Bavarian Westallgäu and at the same time one of the oldest newspapers in Bavaria .

The editorial office is in Weiler im Allgäu . The sheet is printed by the Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag in Kempten (Allgäu) and appears in the Rhenish format . The sold circulation is 7,301 copies, a decrease of 16.4 percent since 1998.

history

In January 1852 it appeared for the first time under the name of Wochenblatt for the market hamlet and the surrounding area . In 1887 the name was changed to an advertisement sheet for the western Allgäu . From 1913 the newspaper appeared daily. After 1945 she was finally given the title Der Westallgäuer .

Newspaper construction

The front pages of the newspaper are supplied by Augsburger Allgemeine . The regional section ( Allgäu-Rundschau ) comes from the Allgäuer Zeitung . Only the local section called Westallgäu is written and designed by the company's own editorial team.

Edition

Like most German daily newspapers , the Westallgäuer has lost circulation in recent years . The number of copies sold has fallen by an average of 1.2% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 1.5%. It is currently 7301 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 86.6 percent.

Development of the number of copies sold

Westallgäu Plus

Westallgäu Plus is a monthly magazine for the entire Westallgäu , the district of Lindau and the neighboring towns to inform the surrounding regions about what is happening in the Westallgäu. Because in the lower district of Lindau (Lindau area) and in the Württemberg Allgäu , the Schwäbische Zeitung is widespread.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint in "Der Westallgäuer" from 13/14 January 2017
  2. ↑ http://www.westallgaeuer-zeitung.de/verlag/historie
  3. ↑ according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )
  4. ↑ https://www.historische-zeitungen.de/Der-Westallgaeuer.php
  5. ↑ according to IVW ( online )
  6. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
  7. ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )