''Thurgauer Zeitung'' is a Swiss daily newspaper published in

Frauenfeld Frauenfeld ( Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic ...

, Switzerland. Founded in 1798 it is one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation.

History and profile

''Thurgauer Zeitung'' was established in 1798. The publisher of the paper was Thurgauer Medien AG until October 2005 when

Tamedia TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG) is a media company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Through a portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and digital platforms, as well as own printing facilities, it is the largest media group in ...

acquired the daily. Tamedia sold the paper to FPH Freie Presse Holding AG, a subsidiary of NZZ Media Group, in April 2010. Until that date the paper was published by Huber & Co. AG, a subsidiary of Tamedia. ''Thurgauer Zeitung'' serves the canton of

Thurgau Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is par ...

and has its headquarters in Frauenfeld. The paper is part of Newsnet, a platform of daily newspapers in Switzerland. In 1997 ''Thurgauer Zeitung'' sold 31,879 copies.

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