Liechtensteiner Vaterland

Liechtensteiner Vaterland
Owner(s)Vaduzer Medienhaus AG
Founded1 January 1936; 88 years ago (1936-01-01)
Political alignmentPatriotic Union
LanguageGerman
CityVaduz
CountryLiechtenstein
ISSN1818-9202
OCLC number870441231
Websitevaterland.li

Liechtensteiner Vaterland (lit. "Liechtenstein Fatherland") is the largest daily newspaper in Liechtenstein. Published by Vaduzer Medienhaus AG, it is the official newspaper of the Patriotic Union party.[1]

History

In January 1936, Christian-Social People's Party and Liechtenstein Homeland Service merged to form the Patriotic Union.[2] As a result, the parties respective newspapers, the Liechtensteiner Nachrichten and Stimme für heimische Wirtschaft, Kultur und Volkstum merged to form the Liechtensteiner Vaterland with Carl Freiherr von Vogelsang as the first editor in chief.[3][4]

The newspaper came under controversy in January 1937 when Vogelsang publicly denounced Jews living in Liechtenstein and sent numerous letters detailing them to officials in Nazi Germany. As a result, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Josef Hoop ordered the offices of the Vaterland to be searched for any letters to be confiscated and Vogelsang promptly left the country.[5][6] Editing was then taken over by Alois Vogt until 1938.[4]

Otto Schaedler was a prominent editor in the party.

During World War II, the newspaper was edited by Otto Schaedler and former prime minister Gustav Schädler.[4][7] Schädler had written a series of articles about Switzerland for the authorities of Nazi Germany during the war, supposedly for the German press, but in reality it was used by intelligence agencies such as the Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen im Ausland. As a result, in 1946 he was sentenced to six months in prison due to illegal intelligence providence, but did not serve the sentence for health reasons.[8]

Like its predecessors, the newspaper was initially published twice a week until 1963 when it was increased to three, four in 1976 and since 1985 the newspaper has been daily. Until 2003, the publisher was the Presseverein Liechtensteiner Vaterland and since then Vaduzer Medienhaus AG. Starting in the 1990s, the newspaper also expanded to cover radio with the Eastern Swiss radio RadIo Ri.[4] The newspaper also operates subsidiary newspapers Liewo Sonntagszeitung since 1999 and Wirtschaft Regional since 2001.[9][10]

In March 2023, the closure of Liechtensteiner Volksblatt left the Liechtensteiner Vaterland the only remaining daily printed newspaper in the country. Subscribers of the Volksblatt automatically became subscribers of the Vaterland.[11]

List of editors (1936–present)

Name Term Ref
Carl Freiherr von Vogelsang 1936–1937 [4]
Alois Vogt 1937–1938
Rupert Quaderer 1938
Josef Büchel 1938–1939
Rupert Quaderer 1939–1940
L. Seeger 1940–1941
Josef Büchel 1941–1943
Gustav Schädler & Otto Schaedler 1943–1944
Gerold Schädler 1945–1947
Erich Seeger 1948–1952
Ivo Beck 1952–1958
Walter Oehry 1958–1961
Hubert Marxer 1962–1969
Hubert Hoch 1970–1995
Günther Fritz 1995–2015
Patrik Schädler 2015–present

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vaterländische Union". e-archiv.li (in German). Liechtenstein National Archives. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Parties in Liechtenstein 1921-1943". Prince and People: Liechtenstein Civics (in German). School Office of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2007. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ^ Marxer, Wilfried (31 December 2011). "Liechtensteiner Nachrichten". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Marxer, Wilfried (2015). "Liechtensteiner Vaterland". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. ^ Schremser, Jürgen (31 December 2011). "Vogelsang, Carl Freiherr von". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ^ Geiger, Peter (1997). Liechtenstein in den Dreissigerjahren 1928–1939 (in German) (1st ed.). Zürich: Liechtenstein Institut. p. 371. ISBN 3-906393-28-3.
  7. ^ "Schädler (Schaedler), Otto". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ^ Quaderer, Rupert (31 December 2011). "Schädler, Gustav". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  9. ^ Marxer, Wilfried (31 December 2011). "Liechtensteiner Woche (Liewo)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  10. ^ Marxer, Wilfried (31 December 2011). "Wirtschaft regional". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  11. ^ Altwegg, Jürg; Genf (3 March 2023). ""Liechtensteiner Volksblatt" erscheint nicht mehr". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 19 February 2024.