In January 1936,
Christian-Social People's Party and
Liechtenstein Homeland Service merged to form the
Patriotic Union. As a result, the parties respective newspapers, the
Liechtensteiner Nachrichten and
Stimme für heimische Wirtschaft, Kultur und Volkstum merged to form the
Liechtensteiner Vaterland with
Carl Freiherr von Vogelsang as the first editor in chief. The newspaper came under controversy in January 1937 when Vogelsang publicly denounced Jews living in Liechtenstein and sent numerous letters detailing them to officials in
Nazi Germany. As a result,
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Josef Hoop ordered the offices of the Vaterland to be searched for any letters to be confiscated and Vogelsang promptly left the country. Editing was then taken over by
Alois Vogt until 1938. Schädler had written a series of articles about
Switzerland for the authorities of
Nazi Germany during the war, supposedly for the German press, but in reality it was used by intelligence agencies such as the
Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen im Ausland. As a result, in 1946 he was sentenced to six months in prison due to illegal intelligence providence, but did not serve the sentence for health reasons. Like its predecessors, the newspaper was initially published twice a week until 1963 when it was increased to three, four in 1976 and since 1985 the newspaper has been daily. Until 2003, the publisher was the Presseverein Liechtensteiner Vaterland and since then Vaduzer Medienhaus AG. Starting in the 1990s, the newspaper also expanded to cover radio with the Eastern Swiss radio
RadIo Ri. In March 2023, the closure of
Liechtensteiner Volksblatt left the
Vaterland the only remaining daily printed newspaper in the country. Subscribers of the
Volksblatt automatically became subscribers of the
Vaterland. Due to this, the
Vaterland has announced its intention to move towards a politically neutral stance. However, the publisher, Vaduzer Medienhaus AG, has remained close to the Patriotic Union. == List of editors-in-chief (1936–present) ==