''Die Rheinpfalz'' is a German–language regional newspaper based in

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. The paper is one of the leading newspapers which serve the state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

History and profile

''Die Rheinpfalz'' was first published in September 1945. The co-founders of the paper were Arthur Lenk, Hans Wipprecht and Xaver Resch. The Allied Forces that occupied Germany following

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

supported the establishment of the paper of which the parent company is the Medien Union GmbH. The paper is owned by Stuttgarter Zeitung Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH which also owns '' Freie Presse'', '' Südwestpresse'' and ''

Stuttgarter Zeitung The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German-language daily newspaper (except Sundays) edited in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a run of about 200,000 sold copies daily. History and profile It was first edited ...

'', among others. ''Die Rheinpfalz'' is published by a company with the same name, Die Rheinpfalz Verlag und Druckerei GmbH. The company is a subsidiary of Medien Union GmbH and also, operates the website of the paper. The headquarters of the paper is in Ludwigshafen.

Circulation

The circulation of ''Die Rheinpfalz'' was 346,800 copies in the mid-1990s. In 2001 the paper had a circulation of 247,000 copies. It rose to 249,980 copies in the second quarter of 2003. The paper sold 242,560 copies in the first quarter of 2006. Its circulation was 235,542 copies in the first quarter of 2012.

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