''Lausitzer Rundschau'' () is a daily regional newspaper published in

Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...

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. It has been in circulation since 1946.

History and profile

''Lausitzer Rundschau'' was founded in

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin (), until 1868 ''Budissin'' in German, is a town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree (river), Spree river, is the eighth most ...

and first published with a cover price of 15

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s, on 20 May 1946. It was a regional media outlet of the East German ruling party,

Socialist Unity Party The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (, ; SED, ) was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. It was a Ma ...

, and the editor-in-chief was Paula Acker. In 1952 the offices of the paper moved to

Görlitz Görlitz (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, East Lusatian: , , ) is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after ...

, the largest town in the

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (, ; , ; ; or ''Milsko''; ) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the north, it makes up the region of Lusatia, named after the Polabian Slavs, Slavic ''Lusici'' tribe. Both parts of Lusatia a ...

region. The paper consisted of eight pages. On 5 August 1952 the paper moved to its current headquarters in Cottbus. The paper was owned by the Socialist Unity Party before

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. In the mid-1950s ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' supported

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in East Germany. The paper was called Lügenrudi (German: Liar Tom) when it was published in East Germany. Following the unification the daily became part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. The company also owned other newspapers, including '' Saarbrücker Zeitung''. As of 2012 ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' was published in

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by a subsidiary of the Saarbrücker Zeitung Group, LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH. In September 2012 the majority share of Saarbrücker Zeitung Group was acquired by Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. In April 2018 the LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH was sold to the Ulm-based company Neue Pressegesellschaft which is part of the Ebner Group. The paper serves the states of Brandenburg and

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

and has 13 editions. Since 2 March 2006 ''LR-Woche'', a free weekly tabloid, has been delivered with the paper. The daily publishes extensive reports on

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activity in the region. The offices of ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' has been target for the attacks by right-wing extremists in

Lübbenau Lübbenau (, ; officially Lübbenau/Spreewald, Lower Sorbian, L.S. Lubnjow/Błota (meaning ''Lübbenau/Spree Forest'') Polish language, Polish: ''Lubniów'') is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Upper Spree Forest-Lusatia District of Brandenbu ...

and Spremberg. In 2000 Simone Wendler became chief reporter who was awarded for her article entitled "graft and corruption in Cottbus?". The circulation of ''Lausitzer Rundschau'' was 100,000 copies in January 1954. In the second quarter of 2003 the paper sold 136,259 copies. By 2024, circulation dropped to 47,000 copies sold.

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