Anzeiger des Westens

Anzeiger des Westens
Anzeiger des Westens building,
in a woodcut from 1887
TypeDaily German-language newspaper
PublisherHenry Boernstein (1850–1861)
Editor-in-chiefCarl Daenzer (1851–1857, 1862–1898)
FoundedJune 1835
LanguageGerman
Ceased publicationApril 30, 1912
HeadquartersSt. Louis
Circulation37,500 (1912)[1]

The Anzeiger des Westens (literally "Gazette of the West") was the first German-language newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and, along with the Westliche Post and the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, one of the three most successful German-language papers in the Midwestern United States serving the German-American population with news and features. In the 1840s, it is thought to have been the newspaper with the largest circulation of any newspaper in any language in Missouri.[2]

  1. ^ The Julius Cahn-Gus Hill Theatrical Guide and Moving Picture Directory, Volume 16. New York City: New Amsterdam Theatre. 1912. p. 329.
  2. ^ Catholicism and American Freedom,, John McGreevy Norton and Co., New York 2003, p. 22-23.