Alto Adige (newspaper)
Encyclopedia
Alto Adige is an Italian
local daily newspaper, based in Bolzano. It is sold in South Tyrol
and since 1999 also in the province of Belluno
. Prior to 2000, the newspaper was published with three local editions, for South Tyrol, Trentino and Belluno, when was subdivided with two new local newspapers: Trentino and Corriere delle Alpi.
after the previous closure of the newspaper La Provincia di Bolzano in the same year, becoming the only Italian language newspaper in South Tyrol. Becoming a regional-circulation newspaper in 1946, in the 1950s
decade the publisher, S.E.T.A., received financial aids from the Italian Government to defend the Italianization of South Tyrol
and maintain the Brenner border with Austria
.
Between 1958 and 1999 the newspaper had two German language
pages called Deutsches Blatt. For the Ladin
(and occasionally also for the Romansh or Friulian
) language minorities is published a weekly special page called Plata ladins. Another bi-weekly special page is published in alternating for the Cimbrian
/Mócheno
language minorities, called Di sait vo Lusèrn
and Liaba lait.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
local daily newspaper, based in Bolzano. It is sold in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
and since 1999 also in the province of Belluno
Province of Belluno
TheThe Province of Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.It has an area of 3,678 km², and a total population of 214,026 .-Geography:...
. Prior to 2000, the newspaper was published with three local editions, for South Tyrol, Trentino and Belluno, when was subdivided with two new local newspapers: Trentino and Corriere delle Alpi.
History
It was founded in 1945 by the National Liberation CommitteeNational Liberation Committee
The National Liberation Committee was the underground political entity of Italian Partisans during the German occupation of Italy in the last years of the Second World War. It was a multi-party entity, whose members were united by their anti-fascism...
after the previous closure of the newspaper La Provincia di Bolzano in the same year, becoming the only Italian language newspaper in South Tyrol. Becoming a regional-circulation newspaper in 1946, in the 1950s
1950s
The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...
decade the publisher, S.E.T.A., received financial aids from the Italian Government to defend the Italianization of South Tyrol
Italianization of South Tyrol
In 1919, at the time of its annexation, the southern part of Tyrol was inhabited by almost 90% German speakers. Under the 1939 South Tyrol Option Agreement, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini determined the status of the German people living in the province...
and maintain the Brenner border with Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
Between 1958 and 1999 the newspaper had two German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
pages called Deutsches Blatt. For the Ladin
Ladin
Ladin is a language consisting of a group of dialects spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno...
(and occasionally also for the Romansh or Friulian
Friulian language
Friulan , is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy. Friulan has around 800,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian...
) language minorities is published a weekly special page called Plata ladins. Another bi-weekly special page is published in alternating for the Cimbrian
Cimbrian language
Cimbrian refers to any of several local Upper German varieties spoken in northeastern Italy. The speakers of the language are known as Zimbern....
/Mócheno
Mócheno language
Mócheno is an Upper German variety spoken in three towns of the Mocheni Valley , in Trentino, northeastern Italy....
language minorities, called Di sait vo Lusèrn
Luserna
Luserna is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km southeast of Trento...
and Liaba lait.