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.