Landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. It covers -
- beginnings (1856)
- Weimar and IIIrd Reich (1919)
- the FAZ (1949)
Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline on this site.
Beginnings
1616 Frankfurter Oberpostamtzeitung launched
1831 Leopold Sonnemann born at Höchberg
1853 takes over father's textile mill at Höchberg
1855 expands into banking
1856 founds Frankfurter Geschäftsberichte (Business Reports)
1856 Geschäftsberichte becomes Frankfurter Handelszeitung (Frankfurt Trade Paper) with AB Rosenthal
1859 becomes Frankfurter Zeitung
1860 forms Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei
1867 Sonnemann becomes sole proprietor and editor
1871 Sonnemann becomes Reichstag delegate (to 1876)
1878 Sonnemann becomes Reichstag delegate (to 1884)
Weimar and 3rd Reich
1923 chemical industry funds Die Zeit as vehicle for Gustav Stresemann
1929 IG Farben buys 35% of Frankfurter Zeitung stock and loans FZ 1.5m Marks
1930 buys further 14.5%
1930 buys 75% of Frankfurter Nachtrichten
1934 Simon-Sonnemann family sells remaining shares to IG Farben
1939 Nazi Party's Eher Verlag publishing house acquires FZ stock
1943 Frankfurter Zeitung closed
FAZ
1949 launch of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
1980 launch of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung English Edition
2002 English edition becomes IHT weekly supplement
2002 closes FAZ Business Radio stations in Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt