The Luzerner Zeitung, (formerly the Neue Luzerner Zeitung) is the biggest regional newspaper in central Switzerland. The result of a merger of several regional newspapers in 1996, some of which were over 150 years old, it is distributed in some cases under a different name in the cantons of Lucerne, Zug, Obwalden, Nidwalden and Uri, in some cases . It belongs to the NZZ Media Group, which owns an 80 percent stake in publisher LZ Medien. Since 2008 LZ Medien has also published the Sunday paper Zentralschweiz am Sonntag.
| Political orientation | Liberal-conservative |
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| Circulation | 120,000 (2016) |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Saturday |
| Visits | 1.000.000 - 5.000.000 |
| Online payment model | Content partially fee-based |
| Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Publisher | LZ Medien / NZZ-Mediengruppe |
| Area of distribution | Regional |
| Established | 1828 |
| Address | Maihofstrasse 76, 6006 Luzern |
| Phone | 0041 41 429 52 52 |
| redaktion@luzernerzeitung.ch | |
| @Neue_LZ |