Welt am Sonntag (, ) is a German Sunday newspaper published in Germany.
History and profile Welt am Sonntag was established in 1948. The paper is published by Axel Springer SE. Its head office is in Berlin. It has local editions for Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Düsseldorf.
It is the Sunday edition of the daily Die Welt. It includes sections on politics, sport, economics, finance, culture, style, travel, and real estate.
In 2009, Welt am Sonntag was recognized as one of the "World’s Best-Designed Newspapers" by the Society for News Design, along with four other newspapers. In 2012, the paper was named European Newspaper of the Year in the category of nationwide newspapers. In 2013, Welt am Sonntag won the same award, but this time in the category of weekly newspapers.
During the second quarter of 1992, Welt am Sonntag had a circulation of 420,000 copies. Its circulation was 381,000 copies in 1997, and 532,000 in 2014.
Editor-in-chief terms 1948–1968: Bernhard Menne 1975–1976: Hans Bluhm 1976–1988: Claus Jacobi 1979–1994: Manfred Geist 1995–1996: Günter Böddeker 1998–2001: Kai Diekmann 2001–2003: Thomas Garms 2004–2008: Christoph Keese 2008–2010: Thomas Schmid 2010–2015: Jan-Eric Peters 2016–2017: Stefan Aust 2017–2019: Peter Huth 2019–2021: Johannes Boie 2022-2024: Dagmar Rosenfeld
Notable editor terms 2004–2008: Alan Posener
References
External links Welt am Sonntag website