The Saarbrücker Zeitung (SZ) is a daily (except Sundays) newspaper published in Saarland, Germany.
After the Saar Treaty in 1956, the Saarland state became its owner.
It was privatized in 1969;[1] the paper's major owner (56.1%) was the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
Rheinische Post Mediengruppe became the majority owner in 2013.
In 2001, Saarbrücker Zeitung received the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Prize for Local Journalism.