About Tourenfahrer

Tourenfahrer

Tourenfahrer, styled TOURENFAHRER, is the German motorcycle touring magazine published twelve times a year by the Syburger Verlag GmbH at Hertinger Strasse 60 in 59423 Unna, the monthly touring title seit 1981. Since 1981, the magazine has served the touring motorcyclists with travel reports, route descriptions, motorcycle tests, and the TF-Partnerhäuser, the partner hotels that cater to touring riders. The editor-in-chief is Guido Bergmann, with Thomas Kryschan leading the editorial team as the Redaktion's Ltg., the imprint's Leitung.

Overview

The magazine's monthly rhythm gives the touring motorcyclist a constant companion through the riding season: twelve issues a year, each with the travel reports, the route descriptions, the tests, and the service journalism that the touring rider needs. The imprint's preview pages, published with each issue, carry the masthead, the editorial team, the permanent authors, the photographers, and the advertising contacts, the transparent editorial structure that the German press tradition maintains.

The Syburger Verlag's Unna base places the magazine in the eastern Ruhr region, with the Hertinger Strasse address and the Hamm commercial register entry documenting the publisher's local roots. The subscriber service in Eltville, in the Rheingau, handles the abo administration through the vuservice address and the 06123 phone numbers, the outsourced subscription management that German specialist publishers commonly use.

The permanent authors' roster shows the magazine's reliance on experienced touring journalists: the names that the touring readers know from decades of travel reports, the photographers whose studio and action photography fills the pages, and the illustrators whose title images and drawings define the magazine's visual identity.

Der TOURENFAHRER is the monthly magazine for motorcycle touring. It appears twelve times a year in the Syburger Verlag GmbH, based at Hertinger Strasse 60 in 59423 Unna, registered with the Hamm district court under HRB 3216. The magazine's editorial program covers the touring motorcyclist's world: the travel reports from the road, the route descriptions and tips, the motorcycle tests and technology, and the TF-Partnerhäuser, the partner houses that welcome touring riders.

The editorial team, in the imprint's listing, is led by editor-in-chief Guido Bergmann, with Thomas Kryschan as editorial lead and the editors Till Ferges, Till Kohlmey, Thilo Kozik, Sophie Leistner, Toni Sacher, and Tilman Sanhüter. The permanent authors include Uli Böckmann, Andreas Hülsmann, Alan Klee, Uwe Krauss, Rudolf Kuhl, Michaela Staleker, Udo Staleker, Lars Wennersheide, and Wolfgang Zeyen, with studio and action photography by Jan Reich and Guido Bergmann, layout and image editing by Resiane Beine and Marc Vollmer, and illustrations by Harald Woblick.

History

The 1981 founding places the TOURENFAHRER in the generation of German motorcycle magazines that grew with the touring boom of the 1980s, when the Japanese and German manufacturers' touring machines opened the continent to a new class of traveling motorcyclists. The magazine's four decades have documented the touring world's transformations: the classic road touring of the 1980s, the sport touring of the 1990s, the adventure touring boom of the 2000s, and the modern dual-sport and electronics era.

The Syburger Verlag's continuity as the publishing house, with the Unna address and the Hamm register entry unchanged across the decades, marks the TOURENFAHRER as an independent specialist publisher's title, the kind of owner-operated trade press that has sustained German motorcycle journalism alongside the large publishing groups. The editorial team's named structure, from the editor-in-chief through the editorial lead to the permanent authors and photographers, shows the magazine's investment in its touring expertise.

Der TOURENFAHRER has been published since 1981, making it one of the longest-running German motorcycle touring titles. The Syburger Verlag GmbH in Unna has been its publishing home, with the Hertinger Strasse address and the Hamm commercial register entry documenting the publisher's continuity.

The magazine's four decades of touring journalism have tracked the evolution of motorcycle travel: from the classic touring reports of the 1980s to the modern adventure touring, the GPS navigation, and the dual-sport machines. The comparison tests, in the imprint's preview, show the editorial range: the summit meeting between the BMW F 900 GS Adventure and the Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition in the mountains of Slovenia, the Germany against Austria of the touring enduros.

Coverage and Content

The comparison tests are the magazine's technical backbone: the summit meetings between the touring machines that the readers ride. The BMW F 900 GS Adventure against the Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition in the mountains of Slovenia, the Germany against Austria of the adventure tourers, shows the test format's blend of machine evaluation and travel journalism, the bikes ridden where they belong.

The travel reports are the magazine's soul: the Elba excursion, a good 200 years after Napoleon, with the TF team visiting Corsica's neighbor island and awakening the desire for longer stays, shows the reportage style that blends history, landscape, and the riding experience. The route descriptions and tips give the readers the practical tools for their own tours, the roads, the passes, and the addresses that make the touring life work.

The TF-Partnerhäuser extend the magazine's service journalism into the hospitality business: the partner hotels that the magazine certifies for touring motorcyclists, with Toni Sacher as the responsible editor for the partner houses. The partner house network gives the readers the trusted addresses on the road and the hotels a direct channel to the touring clientele.

The TOURENFAHRER's editorial program is the motorcycle tour: the travel reports, the route descriptions, the motorcycle tests, and the practical tips. The Elba report, in the imprint's preview, shows the travel journalism's style: per motorcycle into exile, a TF team visiting Corsica's neighbor island Elba a good 200 years after Napoleon, an excursion that awakens the desire for longer stays.

The TF-Partnerhäuser are the magazine's service brand: the partner hotels that cater to touring motorcyclists, with Toni Sacher responsible for the partner houses in the imprint's listing. The partner houses give the touring riders the addresses they need on the road, the motorcycle-friendly hotels that the magazine's readers trust.

Organization and Ownership

Der TOURENFAHRER is published by the Syburger Verlag GmbH at Hertinger Strasse 60 in 59423 Unna, phone 02303 98550 and fax 02303 98559, registered with the Amtsgericht Hamm under HRB 3216. The editor-in-chief is Guido Bergmann, with Thomas Kryschan leading the editorial team. The advertising sales are handled by Dennis Matthus, reachable at the 02303 985-565 number, with the 2024 price list in force. The subscriber service runs through tourenfahrer@vuservice.de, the 06123 9238-236 phone and the 06123 9238-244 fax, and the Abo-Service Tourenfahrer in 65341 Eltville.

Current ownership details beyond the Syburger Verlag GmbH are not publicly confirmed in the sources reviewed; the publisher's Unna imprint is the ownership record the sources carry.

Digital Presence

Tourenfahrer.de is the magazine's digital home, with the archive offering the downloadable issues and the preview pages carrying the imprint, the editorial team, and the upcoming issue's teasers for the touring readers. The site's current issue previews show the editorial agenda: the Elba report, the BMW against Husqvarna summit meeting in Slovenia, and the touring news that the monthly rhythm delivers.

Dedicated apps or podcasts for the Tourenfahrer brand are not detailed in the sources reviewed; the brand's digital presence rests on its website, the downloadable archive, and the print magazine's monthly touring journalism since 1981.