The ''Allgemeine Zeitung'' was the leading political daily journal in
Germany in the first part of the 19th century. It has been widely recognised as the first world-class German journal and a symbol of the German press abroad.
The ''Allgemeine Zeitung'' ( ‘general newspaper’) was founded in 1798 by
Johann Friedrich Cotta in
Tübingen. The works of
Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...
and
Goethe were published on its pages.
After 1803, the journal was published in
Stuttgart
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. From 1807 to 1882, it was published in
Augsburg.
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
was a major contributor to the journal. From 1831 he wrote reports on music and painting and became the newspaper's Parisian correspondent. He wrote articles on the
French way of life but also about
Louis-Philippe and German politics.
In 1882, the ''Allgemeine Zeitung'' moved to
Munich. The journal stopped publishing on 29 July 1929.
The tradition of this major journal is still maintained by the ''
Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung'', ''
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' and the ''
Allgemeine Zeitung
The ''Allgemeine Zeitung'' was the leading political daily journal in Germany in the first part of the 19th century. It has been widely recognised as the first world-class German journal and a symbol of the German press abroad.
The ''Allgemeine ...
'' edited in
Mainz.
References
In
German:
* Eduard Heyck: ''Die Allgemeine Zeitung 1798-1898'' in: Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Presse. München 1898, pp. 15–81.
* Karl Schottenloher: ''Flugblatt und Zeitung. Ein Wegweiser durch das gedruckte Tagesschrifttum,'' Vol. 1: Von den Anfängen bis 1848, Berlin, Schmidt 1922. Newly edited and expanded by J. Binkowski, München, Klinkhardt und Biermann 1985,
* Arnulf Kutsch, Johannes Weber: ''350 Jahre Tageszeitung, Forschungen und Dokumente.'' Bremen 2002.
1798 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
1929 disestablishments in Germany
Defunct newspapers published in Germany
German-language newspapers
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Publications established in 1798
Publications disestablished in 1929
18th-century establishments in Württemberg
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