Schweriner Volkszeitung
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| Format | Broadsheet |
|---|---|
| Owner | SV-Gruppe |
| Publisher | SV-Gruppe, formely Kurierverlags GmbH & Co KG |
Editor-in-chief | Gabriel Cords |
| Founded | 10 April 1946 |
Political alignment | Liberal |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Schwerin |
| Country | Germany |
| Circulation | 30.610 (2026) |
| Website | Nordkurier |
The Schweriner Volkszeitung (SVZ) is a newspaper in Northeastern Germany.
It is owned and operated by media company SV-Gruppe, which owns several newspapers in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Baden-Württemberg as well as radio stations, E-Commerce and delivery services. Gabriel Cords is editor in chief of SV-publication Schweriner Volkszeitug and Nordkurier at the same time.[1]
Historically the newspaper was a regional media outlet of the ruling party, Socialist Unity Party of Germany, in the East Germany.[2] During this period the editor-in-chief was Hans Mahle.[2]
In 2024, the Schweriner Volkszeitung (SVZ) was taken over by the Schwäbischer Verlag in Ravensburg (SV-Gruppe). Since then, the SVZ has been published in a publishing unit with the Nordkurier from Neubrandenburg, which also belongs to the SV-Gruppe.[3]
History
The Schweriner Volkszeitung was founded on April 10, 1946 as „organ“ of the KPD. With the forced merger of the Communist Party of Germany and Social Democratic Party of Germany to form the single-party SED, it became one of the party newspapers of East Germany (GDR).
On November 24, 1989, all the editors met at the Schwerin publishing house. The previous editor-in-chief, Hans Brandt, a member of the SED district leadership, made his position available. Christoph Hamm was elect as the new editor-in-chief from among his colleagues. A unique act in the East German press.[4] After the GDR joined the FRG in 1990, the direction of the editorial staff changed. New younger colleagues joined the editorial team and local editorial offices were founded.
The state-owned organization Treuhandanstalt sold state and party property of the GDR to private companies. In 1991, the West German Burda publishing house, which publishes magazines such as Bunte, Focus, and Freundin, bought the Rostock newspaper Norddeutsche Neueste Nachrichten and the Schweriner Volkszeitung.
In 2005, the Schweriner Volkszeitung was sold by the Burda Group to the Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitungsverlag (sh:z) (today medien holding:nord GmbH Flensburg). Since July 2, 2007, the newspaper has also been published as an e-paper.
In 2016, the Osnabrück publishing group NOZ MEDIEN (Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung) acquired the media of sh:z and turned them into „medienhaus:nord“.
The conservative newspaper publishing house of the Schwäbische Zeitung initially bought the Nordkurier from Neubrandenburg and on January 1, 2024 also the Schweriner Volkszeitung.[5] Since April 1, 2024, the SVZ has formed a publishing unit with the Nordkurier newspaper. At the end of July 2024, the online service svz.de merged with that of the Nordkurier. Gabriel Cord became editor-in-chief for both newspapers.
See also
References
- ↑ Ludmann, Stefan. "Vor Landtagswahl: Chefredakteur bei AfD-Diskussion - Kritiker werfen ihm Parteilichkeit vor". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- 1 2 Michael Meyen; Anke Fiedler (2013). "Journalists in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)". Journalism Studies. 14 (3): 327. doi:10.1080/1461670X.2012.697687.
- ↑ dpa (2024-04-08). "Zeitungen: "Schweriner Volkszeitung" und "Nordkurier": Einheit". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- ↑ "medienhaus:nord: Eigentümer der Schweriner Volkszeitung - Nordkurier". www.nordkurier.de. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "Schwäbischer Verlag erwirbt Schweriner Volkszeitung". VSZV Verband Südwestdeutscher Zeitungsverleger e.V. (in German). 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
External links
- Schweriner Volkszeitung (Mobile Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine)
Media related to Schweriner Volkszeitung at Wikimedia Commons