German-Language Newspapers and Magazines Available Online

Paperball: This site enables you to search a host of online German newspapers. The sources are listed alphabetically according to city and region.
Brigitte: This German magazine has some similarities to Cosmopolitan and features articles on fashion, women's health and fitness, work, travel, and culture.
Bunte:
This German magazine is similar in format to Life or People in its focus on popular culture and international celebrities.
Financial Times Deutschland
: As the name denotes, this is the German version of the well-known financial newspaper. It has all the market data one would expect and relevant world news reports.
Focus
: This German news magazine is now considered by some readers to be as important as Der Spiegel.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
This has been a major daily newspaper in Germany since the beginning of the 20th century. It was even "tolerated" by the Hitler regime until well into the war. The FAZ caused a major controversy when it protested the Rechtschreibreform and went back in August 2000 to the old spelling and punctuation conventions. However, the online version now adheres to the new conventions.
Handelsblatt:
Published in Düsseldorf, this is Germany's business daily. The interactive home page has several complimentary search features, which enable you to follow the progress of Germany's DAX Exchange and obtain quotes and headlines on German stocks and major European companies. More involved financial analyses are available for a fee.
Leipziger Volkszeitung: This is an illustrated daily newspaper from Leipzig.
Liechtensteiner Vaterland:
Get the latest headlines from Vaduz in Liechtenstein.
Die Presse
(Wien): This is a daily newspaper for Vienna.
Profil
: This is Austria's equivalent to Germany's news magazine Der Spiegel.
Der Spiegel:
This has been the main news magazine in Germany since the postwar period. You can find the hard copy in the current periodical section of our library.
Der Standard:
This is an Austrian newspaper with a leftist tendency.
Stern:
Stern-Magazin features articles on the latest developments in Germany and the world. 
Süddeutsche Zeitung
: Based in Munich, this is the major newspaper for Southern Germany and is read nationally.
Die Tageszeitung
: This is a popular daily newspaper in Berlin.
Wiener Zeitung:
This is another major daily for Vienna.
Die Welt Online
: This is a sophisticated Hamburg-based newspaper with a national readership.
Die Zeit:
This weekly originates in Hamburg and is distributed worldwide. It features in-depth analyses of current political, economic, and cultural topics. You can find the latest hard copy and back issues in the newspaper section of our library.
Zitty Online
This on-line version of Berlin's Zitty magazine provides an excellent overview of films, exhibitions, plays, concerts, and other cultural events taking place in Berlin.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
: This is one of Switzlerland's most important German-language newspapers.

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