| Editor: | Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer |
| Category: | Illustrated news magazine |
| Company: | Eduard Hallberger Verlag |
| Publisher: | Eduard Hallberger Verlag |
| Founder: | Eduard Hallberger |
| Founded: | 1858 |
| Finaldate: | 1923 |
| Country: | German Empire Weimar Republic |
| Based: | Stuttgart |
| Language: | German |
| Oclc: | 1496365 |
Über Land und Meer (German: Over Land and Sea) was a German illustrated news and political magazine published in Stuttgart, Germany, between 1858 and 1923.[1] [2] Its subtitle was Allgemeine illustrierte Zeitung.[2] [3]
Über Land und Meer was founded by Eduard Hallberger in Stuttgart in 1858.[4] Its publisher was Eduard Hallberger Verlag.[3] The founding editor was the successful and high-circulation German novelist Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer.[2] [5] It became a popular illustrated news magazine among the bourgeois middle classes.[6]
Über Land und Meer mostly published articles reflecting an inclusive patriotism and a view of German colonialism that was intended to be an apolitical scientific approach.[7] Such a journalistic attitude was also shared by other significant German media outlets of the period, including the Westermanns Monatshefte and Die Gartenlaube.[7] However, during the 1880s and 1890s Über Land und Meer also praised colonialism through racist cartoons and news about Germany's colonial activities.[7] The contributors included Berthold Auerbach, Theodor Fontane, Karl May and Paul Heyse.[8] Über Land und Meer ceased publication in 1923, largely due to the high inflation then prevailing in Germany.[2] [4]