Allgemeine Zeitung is a German regional daily newspaper, published in Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The paper was founded in 1850 as the Täglicher Straßenanzeiger (daily street advertisement).

From 1854 a redaction developed political, business, cultural and local news.

After World War I, the paper developed to a regionally read daily.

In the fall of 1945, a paper was founded named Neuer Mainzer Anzeiger, changed once more in May 1947 to Allgemeine Zeitung.