Prager Zeitung

The Prager Zeitung is a German-language publication that appears weekly since 5 December 1991 in Prague and is sold in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

History

After the political changes in Czechoslovakia, a native of Zwickau historian Uwe Müller founded († 2010) in 1991, the " Prague Post " and took over the position of managing editor in chief. Mueller was previously an employee of the "Prague People's Daily ". With the " PZ " he wanted to create a modern publication that spoke to a new hand to the land flowing German -speaking business people and tourists, but on the other hand anknüpfte also to the centuries-old German -language press tradition in Bohemia and Moravia. The " PZ " sees itself as a successor publication of the famous "Prague Tageblatt ," wrote the reporter legends such as Egon Erwin Kisch. They bore the title "Prague daily paper " on which they had acquired all rights, also long as a second name.

Until the founding of the country's newspaper of Germans in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in 1994 contained the " Prague Post " is a supplement for the German minority in the Czech Republic ( Bohemia and German Deutschmährer ). In Prago -Media, the publisher of the " Prague Post ", appeared to December 2006, the German -language newspaper Carlsbad.

Early 2012 had the " Prague Post " 16 pages and claims to have a circulation of approximately 15,000 copies, of which about half were sold in the Czech Republic. The rest was sent to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. End of 2011, the weekly newspaper employed 15 employees.

Profile

The " Prague Post " is the most widely read foreign-language weekly newspaper in the Czech Republic.

The theme of the " PZ " with politics, economy, culture and tourism - in particular the relations of the Czech Republic to its neighboring German-speaking countries. In May 2012, she has been honored with the award of the first ever Media Award dialogue for Germany with the honorary prize of the jury. The " PZ " received the award because she was the first German -language newspaper in Eastern Europe, particularly hosted on tourists and businessmen. So they had a role model for many newspapers that started later with a similar concept.

The " Prague Post " is one of the founding members of the Association International Media Assistance ( IMH ).

2012 there were in the Czech Republic some 30 German -language newspapers and magazines. The " PZ " was it the top-selling publication.