| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Publisher: | Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH[1] |
| Chiefeditor: | Lars Hennemann[2] |
| Language: | German |
| Headquarters: | Koblenz |
| Circulation: | 154,565 |
| Circulation Date: | 2021 |
| Circulation Ref: | [3] |
| Website: | rhein-zeitung.de |
The Rhein-Zeitung (RZ) is a regional German daily broadsheet newspaper published in Koblenz by Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH and distributed across Rhineland-Palatinate.[4] In five districts, the editions are unchanged for the respective district; in the districts of Altenkirchen, Neuwied, Mayen-Koblenz and the Rhein-Lahn district, the Rhein-Zeitung appears in two spatially differentiated versions (“splitting editions”).
| Name | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar Richardt | 1946 to 1948 | |
| 1948 to 1952 | ||
| Michael Weber | 1952 to 1956 | |
| 1956 to 1967 | ||
| Hans Maurer | 1967 to 1969 | |
| Helmut Kampmann | 1970 to 1986 | |
| Hans Peter Sommer | 1986 to 1993 | |
| Horst Schilling | 1993 to 1996 | |
| Dieter Heitmann | 1996 to 1998 | |
| Martin Lohmann | 1998 to 2004 | |
| 2004 to 2011 | ||
| Christian Lindner | 2012 to 2017 | |
| Peter Burger | 2017 to 2021 | |
| Lars Hennemann | 2014 to present |