The Hochwächter, literally "High Guard", was an American German language

German language

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 newspaper

Newspaper

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 published in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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The paper was established by German political activists who fled the German states

States of the German Confederation

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 after the failed revolution of 1848. In its early years, the paper was intensely anti-monarchist

Abolished monarchy

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 and opposed to the Catholic Church, which it viewed as supporting the ancien regime.
The paper was active in stirring up feelings against this visit that led to the Cincinnati Riot of 1853

Cincinnati Riot of 1853

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. Carl Otto Reventlow

Carl Otto Reventlow

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 became editor in 1857.

See also

• Cincinnati Volksfreund
  Cincinnati Volksfreund
  The Cincinnati Volksfreund was a daily and weekly German-language newspaper based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and published between 1850 and 1908. The paper was founded in October 1850 by Joseph A. Hemann and his editorials began appearing in March 1853 in the weekly edition called the Cincinnati...
  
  
• Der Wahrheitsfreund
  Der Wahrheitsfreund
  Der Wahrheitsfreund or Der Wahrheits-Freund was the first German-language Catholic newspaper in the United States and one of four German newspapers in Cincinnati, Ohio. Published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, proceeds went to the St...
  
  A Catholic German newspaper in Cincinnati