Regional orientation

The core of the activities continues to be the daily newspaper "Westfälische Nachrichten", with a sold circulation of nearly 250.000 copies daily in association with Zeitungsgruppe Münsterland (ZGM). In addition, digital offerings such as the online newsplatform www.wn.de, an Internet news programme with the title "WN TV" and mobile SMS services constitute a progressive complement to the range of products.

Aschendorff lives from the region and for the region.

The Aschendorff Group is a family-owned company with a 290-year tradition. For nine generations Aschendorff has focussed with passion, competence and responsibility on publishing books and journals, producing print products satisfying the most sophisticated consumer demands. The company´s history started in 1720, when founder Wilhelm Aschendorff began publishing books. Since then Aschendorff has been an internationally operating publishing company with a list centered mainly on theology, history, philosophy and regional topics.  

Besides its newspaper and book publishing activities, strong service divisions, a free newspaper, a number of different advertising freesheets as well as its own Internet service provider and participations in local radio complete the company’s portfolio. Aschendorff at present has some 600 employees based in different locations throughout the region. Company headquarters is the media house in the industrial zone "An der Hansalinie".

The area of publishing activities extends from the German-Dutch border in the west to Lower Saxony in the north and from east Westphalia to the northern part of the Ruhr region in the south. Aschendorff´s regional orientation is reflected in a number of 16 local editions of the "Westfälische Nachrichten."

Aschendorff - a media enterprise with tradition and visions.

The newspaper tradition at Aschendorff began in 1763 with the publication of the “Münsterisches Intelligenzblatt” and continued in 1852 with the establishment of the “Münsterischer Anzeiger”. This later became the “Westfälische Nachrichten”, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006.