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The Rheinische Zeitung ("Rhenish Newspaper") was a 19th-century German newspaper, edited most...

The Rheinische Zeitung ("Rhenish Newspaper") was a 19th-century German newspaper, edited most famously by Karl Marx. The paper was founded on January 1, 1842 with a reformist pro-democracy editorial slant, providing an outlet for the Rhine region's middle-class and intellectuals, who were increasingly opposed to Prussian authoritarianism. Max Stirner published The False Principle of our Education in April, and Marx first published in the paper on May 5, 1842. His article against Prussian government censorship, published anonymously with the credit "by a Rhinelander," was widely lauded in the progressive community. He followed with more articles on the subject through the rest of May, producing a six-part series on freedom of the press. The positive response to this series served to increase the paper's circulation and influence. In October 1842, Marx was named editor of the paper. On November 16, Friedrich Engels visited the paper's offices on his way to England, meeting Marx for the first time and starting what would become a long period of collaboration between the two, lasting until Marx's death. Engels sent back a series of articles for publication in the Rheinische Zeitung