Freiburg’s Weekly Report Turns 70

The Freiburger Wochenbericht is an institution. Since I ditched the paper copy of the Badische Zeitung for the online version (too much paper to throw away daily), Red Baron looks forward to the paper copy of the FWB each Wednesday. It is delivered free of charge to my letterbox, accompanied by lots of advertising prints. Well, somebody has to pay for the free weekly.

This week the Wochenbericht celebrated its 70th birthday and issued a supplement of 52 pages of history and congratulations by officials and advertising firms. The wishes went to managing director Martin Zenke, editor-in-chief Sven Meyer, and their team.

Oberlinden is one of Freiburg's most shot motifs.
In the jubilee supplement is another spectacular view of Oberlinden.
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In an interview, the two men revealed that they produce the Wochenbericht with their Herzblut (passion), which explains the success of the weekly even or particularly in Corona lockdowns when income became low as customers reduced their advertising.

At the start, on March 21,1952, the Wochenbericht had an edition of 34,000. Seventy Years later, 108,000 copies are printed every week.

Presently a tropical heat wave is hitting Europe with no end in sight.

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 Who will still deny climate change when comparing "global anomalies "in June 1976 and 2022?

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Where to cool in Freiburg? As I illustrated already in 2019: Freiburg's "beach" is the new fish ladder at the Dreisam river. Would you think fish will jump in such an environment?

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Fittingly the Wochenbericht reported that from now on, all genders may enjoy topless bathing in Freiburg's municipal swimming pools. Mind you: The fish ladder is not a public bath.
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