Leipziger Volkszeitung

First published on 1 October 1894, the LVZ was formerly an important publication of the workers' movement and is currently the only local newspaper in Leipzig.

From its first publication on 1 October 1894,[2] with a circulation of 11,000 copies, it was a successor to the former newspaper Wähler (meaning Voter in English).

Led by chief editor Bruno Schönlank, in the LVZ's early years it was edited and printed on Mittelstraße in Leipzig.

From 1902 to 1907 Franz Mehring was editor, and from 1908 to 1913 Paul Lensch; at this time the LVZ (with a circulation of 53,000 in 1914) was the most important mouthpiece for the Social Democrat Party wing of Rosa Luxemburg.

On the occasion of its hundredth anniversary in 1994, the Leipziger Volkszeitung donated an art prize, which has been awarded every two years since 1995.