Bote der Urschweiz

Bote der Urschweiz
TypeDaily newspaper, Online newspaper
FormatSwiss
Owner(s)Bote der Urschweiz AG
Founder(s)Melchior and Dominik Triner
PublisherTriner AG
Editor-in-chiefDominik Jordan[1]
Sports editorRobert Betschart[1]
Founded1858; 166 years ago (1858)
LanguageGerman
Headquarters
  • Schmiedgasse 7
  • 6431 Schwyz
CitySchwyz
CountrySwitzerland
Circulation13'390 (as of 2024)[2]
Readership40'000[3]
ISSN1424-4942
OCLC number611642945
Websitewww.bote.ch Edit this at Wikidata (in German)

Bote der Urschweiz is a Swiss German-language online and daily newspaper, published in Schwyz. It is the regional newspaper for the districts Schwyz, Gersau and Küssnacht and the biggest newspaper in the canton of Schwyz.[3][4]

History

The Bote der Urschweiz was founded in 1858 by the brothers Melchior and Dominik Triner as the Wochenzeitung der Urschweiz. From 1859 to 1862, it was published twice a week under the name Der Bote aus der Urschweiz, after which it was renamed to its current name. In December 1979, the paper started publishing three times a week and in November 1994, after the integration of the newspaper Schwyzer Zeitung into the Luzerner Zeitung, daily.[5] In 1997, the newspaper started a partnership with Die Südostschweiz.[6]

The newspaper is regarded as liberal, due to its past Gesinnungsgemeinschaft with the Liberal Party of Switzerland.[6]

Since 2014, the newspaper has been in a partnership with the Luzerner Zeitung, and it integrated their local newspaper, the Neue Schwyzer Zeitung.[7]

In June 2024, it was announced that the printing would be done externally by CH Media starting in 2025.[8]

Editors-in-chief

  • 1950—1990: Karl Wiget
  • 1993—2000: Jürg Auf der Maur
  • 2001—2013: Josias Clavadetscher
  • 2014—2021: Jürg Auf der Maur
  • 2021—2023: Flurina Valsecchi
  • 2023—present: Dominik Jordan

References

  1. ^ a b "Dominik Jordan wird neuer Chefredaktor des «Boten der Urschweiz»". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 30 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ "WEMF Auflagebulletin 2024" (PDF). WEMF (in German). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b WEMF Mach Basic 2024-1
  4. ^ Wenger, Simon. "Wemf-Printzahlen: «Blick», «Tages-Anzeiger», NZZ verlieren Leser, Regionalzeitungen bleiben stabil". Klein Report [de] (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. ^ Ernst Bollinger: Bote der Urschweiz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 10 January 2003.
  6. ^ a b Auf der Maur, Jürg (2012). "Mediengeschichte" [Media history]. In Meierhans, Andreas (ed.). Geschichte des Kantons Schwyz [History of the canton of Schwyz] (in German). Vol. 6. Chronos Verlag on behalf of the Historischer Verein des Kantons Schwyz. ISBN 978-3-0340-1118-1. OCLC 806014289. OL 43968149M.
  7. ^ "«Bote» arbeitet neu mit NLZ zusammen". Südostschweiz (in German). 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  8. ^ ""Entscheid ist nicht leicht gefallen"". Zuger Zeitung (in German). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.