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Illinois Staats-Zeitung's 1871 building in Chicago , one of the largest German language newspapers.

In the period from the 1830s until the First World War there were dozens of German language newspapers in the United States.

Although the first German immigrants had arrived by 1700, most German-language newspapers flourished during the era of mass immigration from Germany that began in the 1820s.^[1]

Germans were the first non-English speakers to publish newspapers in the U.S., and by 1890, there were over 1,000 German language newspapers being published in the United States.^[1]

The first German language paper was Die Philadelphische Zeitung, published by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia beginning in 1732; it failed after a year.^[1] In 1739, Christopher Sauer established Der Hoch-Deutsche Pennsylvanische Geschicht-Schreiber, later known as Die Germantauner Zeitung.^[2] It was one of the most influential pre-Revolutionary weekly newspapers in the colonies.^[2] By 1802, Pennsylvanian Germans published newspapers not only in Philadelphia, but also in Lancaster, Reading, Easton, Harrisburg, York, and Norristown.^[1] The oldest German Catholic newspaper, the Cincinnati Archdiocese's Der Wahrheitsfreund, began publishing in 1837.^[3][4] By 1881, it was one of five German papers in the Cincinnati market.^[5]

The newspapers were hit by two rounds of closure due to sudden drops in advertising revenue. As the U.S. entered World War I, many advertisers stopped placing advertisements in German newspapers. Later, with the onset of Prohibition in 1920, the remaining newspapers faded as immigrants aged and died.^[1]

Local and regional newspapers by state

1874 building of the St. Louis Westliche Post

The building of the St. Louis Anzeiger des Westens in 1887

The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung's 1873 building)

The 1868 building of the Philadelphia Demokrat

Illinois

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  Arbeiter-Zeitung, Chicago, 1877–1931


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  Illinois Staats-Zeitung, Chicago, 1848–1922


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  Belleviller Zeitung, Belleville

Iowa

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  Ostfriesische Nachrichten, Dubuque, 1881–1971

Maryland

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  Baltimore Wecker, Baltimore, 1851–1877


• 
  Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore, 1841–1918, merger into Baltimore Correspondent


• Bayrisches Wochenblatt, Baltimore, 1880–1919, merged into Baltimore Correspondent


• (Täglicher) Baltimore Correspondent, Baltimore, 1919–1976^[6][7][8]

Minnesota

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  Der Nordstern, St. Cloud, 1874–1931

Missouri

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  Anzeiger des Westens, St. Louis, 1835–1898


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  Westliche Post, St. Louis, 1857–1938


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  Hermanner Volksblatt, Hermann, c.1856–1928

New York

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  Amerika Woche, New York City, 1999–present


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  Neue Volkszeitung, New York City, 1932–1949


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  New Yorker Volkszeitung, New York City, 1878–1932


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  New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, New York City, 1834–present


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  Der Volksfreund, Buffalo, 1838–1943

North Dakota

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  Der Staats Anzeiger, Bismarck, 1906–1945

Ohio

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  Cincinnati Freie Presse, Cincinnati


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  Cincinnati Volksblatt, Cincinnati


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  Cincinnati Volksfreund, Cincinnati, 1850–1908


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  Hochwächter, Cincinnati, 1845–1849


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  Der Wahrheitsfreund, Cincinnati, 1837–1907


• Ohio Waisenfreund

Oregon

Pennsylvania

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  Die Germantauner Zeitung, 1739


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  Philadelphia Demokrat, Philadelphia, 1838–1918


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  Philadelphische Staatsbote, Philadelphia


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  Die Philadelphische Zeitung, Philadelphia, 1732


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  Die York Gazette, 1796


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  Freiheits-Freund, Pittsburgh, 1834–1901


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  Pittsburger Volksblatt, Pittsburgh, 1859–1901


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  Volksblatt und Freiheits-Freund, Pittsburgh, 1901–1942


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  Hiwwe wie Driwwe, Kutztown/Ober-Olm, 1997-present

South Dakota

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  Dakota Freie Presse, Yankton

Washington DC

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  Washington Journal, Washington DC, 1859–1999, merger with Amerika Woche

Wisconsin

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  Manitowoc Post, Manitowoc, 1881–1924


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  Milwaukee Herold, Milwaukee, 1860–1931


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  Nord Stern, La Crosse


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  Der Nord-Westen, Manitowoc, 1860–1909

National newspapers

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  Amerika Woche, 1972-present


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  Der Ruf, distributed to German POWs across the United States during World War II

See also

• German American journalism


• German Americans

References

External links

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  "Chronicling America" from the Library of Congress lists 2500 German newspapers and offers full-text digital access to 24 German-language newspaper titles—over 150,000 pages, with more added annually.]