East Frisian News (United States)
| Ostfriesische Nachrichten - Heimatblatt of the East Frisians in America | |
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| description | German-language newspaper for East Frisians in the USA |
| publishing company | Self-published by L. Hündling |
| First edition | January 1882 |
| Frequency of publication | Fortnightly, later on the 1st, 10th and 20th of each month |
| Sold edition | Max. 9,000 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | L. doggie |
| editor | L. doggie |
Ostfriesische Nachrichten (from 1944 Ostfriesen-Zeitung ) was a German-language newspaper in the United States that appeared from 1882 to 1971. It was the only non-church publication in North America that was distributed by East Frisians and read by East Frisian families.
Pastor Lübke Hündling founded the newspaper in 1882 in Breda (Iowa) , a center for East Frisian immigration to the United States. The first edition appeared on January 1, 1882. The newspaper then came out every two weeks, later on the 1st, 10th and 20th of each month. On four pages it contained news from various East Frisian settlements in the United States as well as news from villages in East Frisia. The new citizens of the United States were able to keep in touch with their old homeland, since the newspaper had readers in East Friesland and the United States.
Shortly before World War I , she had over 9,000 subscribers and was an important source of income for Pastor Hündling. With the beginning of the Second World War , the number of subscribers suddenly fell by the number of readers in Germany to whom the newspaper could no longer be delivered. On September 15, 1944, the paper was renamed Ostfriesen-Zeitung . By the end of the war, the number of subscribers had dropped to 2,170. In the following years no increase in circulation could be achieved. In 1971 the newspaper was finally shut down. The last issue, dated December 1971, was distributed to all 50 states in the United States and 41 other countries.
Because of its many family advertisements, the newspaper is now an important source for genealogists .
Individual evidence
- ^ East Frisians in America: "Dick Aden" and the East Frisian newspaper of the USA . Retrieved December 8, 2015.