Berlin Victory Column (magazine)
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Siegessäule is a German
magazine
for the LGBT community based in Berlin
. Its name is derived from the Siegessäule (victory column), a monument in Berlin, which is phallically shaped and located near a cruising area
in the Tiergarten
park.
The first edition of Siegessäule was published in March 1984 by the German group Treffen Berliner Schwulengruppen in the rooms of the Allgemeine Homosexuelle Arbeitsgemeinschaft.
Today the magazine is published by Jackwerth Verlag, which also owns the website of Siegessäule. The free magazine
distributed 49,833 copies monthly as of April, 2007. The editor is Holger Wicht and publisher is Reiner Jackwerth.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
magazine
Magazine
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for the LGBT community based in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Its name is derived from the Siegessäule (victory column), a monument in Berlin, which is phallically shaped and located near a cruising area
Cruising for sex
Cruising for sex, or cruising is the act of walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety...
in the Tiergarten
Tiergarten
Tiergarten is a locality within the borough of Mitte, in central Berlin . Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin...
park.
The first edition of Siegessäule was published in March 1984 by the German group Treffen Berliner Schwulengruppen in the rooms of the Allgemeine Homosexuelle Arbeitsgemeinschaft.
Today the magazine is published by Jackwerth Verlag, which also owns the website of Siegessäule. The free magazine
Free daily newspaper
Free daily newspapers are distributed free of charge, either in central places in cities and towns, or with other newspapers. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising.-In the U.S.:...
distributed 49,833 copies monthly as of April, 2007. The editor is Holger Wicht and publisher is Reiner Jackwerth.