''Aachener Zeitung'' (; ; AZ) is a daily newspaper published in

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, Germany. It is printed, alongside the daily ''Aachener Nachrichten'' (AN), by

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in the Rhenish format.

History

The AZ was founded in 1946 as ''Aachener Volkszeitung'' (AVZ) by Jakob Schmitz,

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, Albert Maas and

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, first printed on 22 February 1946. It was the first free paper published by Germans after World War II. The paper was renamed ''Aachener Zeitung'' on 6 March 1996. The paper was printed initially only two or three times a week, but daily every working day from 1 September 1949; it is sold mainly by subscription and the circulation is about 112,000 copies. The paper supplies news from around the world, but with a focus on the region, its politics, economy, culture, sports and weather, for readers in Aachen,

Eschweiler Eschweiler (, Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen (district), Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Dutch-Belgian border, and about east of Aachen and w ...

Geilenkirchen Geilenkirchen (, Ripuarian: ) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Heerlen and 20 k ...

and

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is the current editor-in-chief, of the Aachener Zeitung from 1995 and of the Aachener Nachrichten from 2003. The concept of two newspapers in one ''Redaktion'' was then new for Germany. Mathieu is a lecturer at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences for ''Digital Business'' in media and communications studies. He is a member of the jury of the journalism prize

Theodor Wolff Prize The Theodor Wolff Prize is a German journalism prize. It has been awarded annually since 1962 in five categories, equal prizes of €6,000, by the . In addition, at irregular intervals, journalists are awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for their life ...

. Mathieu initiated online news service, namely a digital daily evening news "AmAbend" with photo galleries and videos, provided from 7 pm, in addition to the printed papers which include weekly specials on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Awards

2007, Marlon Gego, ''Am Ende der Illusion'' *

European Newspaper Award European Newspaper Award is a design competition for European newspapers. The competition was founded and organized by newspaper designer Norbert Küpper from Meerbusch, Germany. He co-operates with the journalist magazines '' Medium Magazin'' ( ...

, several times, including 2001, 2012 and 2016.

References

External links

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