It features in-depth coverage of news on Pforzheim and the surrounding region, and reports on major national and international events.
But this reason was only a pretense, given the independence of the paper in times when the Nazi regime was aiming at total control of the media.
The PZ was founded in economically difficult times after the end of World War II and in a town that to a large extent had been destroyed by an area bombardment.
Pforzheimer Zeitung is registered under the company name "J. Esslinger GmbH & Co. KG" and is led by the publisher Albert Esslinger-Kiefer (2006).
PZ has established its own internet homepage where it offers a news summary free of charge.