 Das Kommunal-Echo ("The Local Echo"), appearing every Thursday in Kuppenheim and Bischweier, serves not only local news but also as an information platform.In 1862, Kupperheim native Jonas Kuppenheimer (born March 6, 1837) founded a clothier company in the United States called "Kuppenheimer Men's Clothiers Inc." This company specialized in the production of exclusive men's fashion.At the end of 1857, Kuppenheimer lost his civil rights when he did not comply with the Badenese draft and so emigrated from Kuppenheim to America to settle in Terre Haute, Indiana where he found work as a writer.