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The '''''Neue Preußische Zeitung''''' ("New Prussian Newspaper") was a [[Germany|German]] newspaper printed in [[Berlin]] from 1848 to 1939. It was known as the '''''Kreuzzeitung''''' or '''''Kreuz-Zeitung''''' ("Cross Newspaper") because its emblem was an [[Iron Cross]] (''eisernes Kreuz'').
 
The newspaper was founded during the [[revolutions of 1848 in the German states|revolutions of 1848]] by [[Hermann Wagener]] to act as the voice for [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] [[Conservatism|conservative]]s, especially [[Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach|Leopold]] and [[Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach]] and [[Hans Hugo von Kleist-Retzow]]. The paper became the main vehicle for the ideas of the {{ill|KonservativePrussian ParteiConservative Party |de|Konservative Partei (Preußen)}}, and it opposed [[Otto von Bismarck]]'s plans for [[German unification]] during the 1860s and 1870s.
 
The ''Kreuzzeitung's'' most famous writer was [[Theodor Fontane]], who wrote the ''English Article'' (1856–1870), while other contributors included [[Friedrich Wilhelm Adami]] and [[Johann Georg Ludwig Hesekiel]].