Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung

{{Short description|German weekly newspaper}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung

| logo = Preußische Allgemeine Logo.svg

| type = Weekly newspaper

| format =

| owner = Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen

| publisher = Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen

| chiefeditor = Jan Heitmann

| foundation = {{Start date|1950|4|1|df=y}}

| political = "Prussian Conservative"

| language = German

| relaunched = 2008

| headquarters = Hamburg

| circulation =

| ISSN = 0947-9597

| website = [http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/ Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung]

}}

The Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung (PAZ) is a German weekly newspaper published by the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen. It was previously called the Ostpreußenblatt and was aimed mainly at German post-war expellees from parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The Ostpreußenblatt was first published in April 1950.{{cite book| last = Gaida| first = Hans-Jürgen | title = Die offiziellen Organe der ostdeutschen Landsmannschaften|trans-title=The official publications of the East German Expellees' Organizations | series = Beiträge zur politischen Wissenschaft| volume = 15| year = 1973| publisher = Duncker & Humblot| language = de| isbn = 978-3-428-02848-1| pages = 151–158}} The readership of the Ostpreußenblatt was aging, so in 2003, in an attempt to discard the image of an internal newsletter and thus gain new readers, it was renamed Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung.{{cite book | last= Maegerle | first= Anton | editor1-last= Braun | editor1-first= Stephan | editor2-last= Hörsch | editor2-first= Daniel | chapter= Autorengeflecht in der Grauzone. Blätter zwischen Konservatismus und Rechtsextremismus | trans-chapter= Web of authors in the grey area. Newspapers between Conservatism and Right-Wing Extremism | title= Rechte Netzwerke – eine Gefahr | trans-title= Right-wing networks – a danger | year= 2004 | publisher= VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | language= de | isbn= 978-3-8100-4153-1 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/rechtenetzwerkee0000unse/page/37 37–38] | url= https://archive.org/details/rechtenetzwerkee0000unse/page/37 }}

The Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung states its political alignment to be "Prussian conservative".{{cite web| url = http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/wer-wir-sind.html| title = Wer wir sind| trans-title = Who we are| publisher = Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung| language = de| accessdate = 2012-02-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208172135/http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/wer-wir-sind.html| archive-date = 2012-02-08| url-status = dead}}

It has been accused by the journalist Anton Maegerle of providing a platform for extreme right-wing authors. The newspaper itself objected to this association and a description to that effect in a German Wikipedia article, issuing a press release which took issue with this classification

{{cite press release | publisher= Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung | date = 26 January 2012 | language = de | title = Presseerklärung: Die Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung gehört nicht zur 'neuen Rechten' |trans-title=Press release: The Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung does not belong to the New Right | url = http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/nachrichten/artikel/presseerklaerung-die-preussische-allgemeine-zeitung-gehoert-nicht-zur-neuen-rechten-kopie-1.html | accessdate= 2012-02-28 }}

and publishing an article in support of their position by the French political scientist and PAZ author[http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/nachrichten/artikel/ende-2013-wird-es-den-euro-noch-geben.html PAZ-Mitarbeiter Jean-Paul Picaper] Jean-Paul Picaper.

{{cite news | publisher= Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung | date = 12 October 2011 | language = de | title = 'Gehört die Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung zur "Neuen Rechten" wie bei Wikipedia behauptet?' |trans-title=Does the Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung belong to the "New Right" as claimed by Wikipedia?' | url = http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/nachrichten/artikel/gehoert-die-preussische-allgemeine-zeitung-zur-neuen-rechten-wie-bei-wikipedia-behauptet.html | accessdate= 2012-03-03 }}