Die Furche is a weekly 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....

 newspaper published in 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...

. It is majority owned by Styria Medien AG

Styria (company)

The Styria Media Group AG, often referred to as just Styria, is an Austrian media company founded in 1869 and based in Graz. The company is one of the biggest media companies in Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, and is also present in several other countries...

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Die Furche bills itself as the "Wochenzeitung für Gesellschaft, Politik, Kultur, Religion und Wirtschaft" (Weekly newspaper for society, politics, culture, religion, and economy). It considers itself to be a quality newspaper characterized by a Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 world view with a clear commitment to tolerance and openness towards the world. http://www.furche.at/offenlegung.shtml

The word Furche itself may be translated as furrow

Ridge and furrow

Ridge and furrow is an archaeological pattern of ridges and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages. The earliest examples date to the immediate post-Roman period and the system was used until the 17th century in some areas. Ridge and furrow topography is...

, with corresponding symbolic meaning.