title: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
text: # Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
  
  Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (abbreviated HAZ) is a German newspaper with a circulation of 158,000 (as of 2009) and a widespread resonance all over Germany. It is distributed in Hanover and in all Lower Saxony.
  
  ## History and profile
  
  Hannoversche Zeitung was founded in 1851. Ulrich Neufert leads the HAZ as chief journalist.
  
  HAZ is part of the Madsack Media Group [de].
  
  