Freie Erde

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Freie Erde
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Founded1952
Political alignmentCommunist
Language German
Ceased publication1990
Headquarters Neubrandenburg
Country German Democratic Republic
ISSN 0427-5187
OCLC number 724281908

Freie Erde (German: Free Earth) was a German-language daily newspaper published in the German Democratic Republic. Its title was changed to Nordkurier following the unification in 1990.

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History and profile

Freie Erde was established in 1952 as one of the newspapers published in the German Democratic Republic. [1] [2] [3] The paper was the organ of the provincial branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. [4] [5] Although it was originally started to serve for Neubrandenburg, it was first published in Neustrelitz, and in April 1974 its headquarters moved to Neubrandenburg. [2] [3] As of 1959 the paper had editions in fourteen smalls towns in the Berlin area. [6]

Freie Erde was published in broadsheet format and consisted of eight pages. [7]

Following the unification of Germany the paper ceased publication in 1990 [1] and was renamed as Nordkurier which was owned by Kurierverlag GmbH in 2009. [2]

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