Freie Erde was established in 1952 as one of the newspapers published in the German Democratic Republic.
[1][2][3] The paper was the organ of the provincial branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
[2][3] As of 1959 the paper had editions in fourteen smalls towns in the Berlin area.
[6] Freie Erde was published in broadsheet format and consisted of eight pages.
[7] Following the unification of Germany the paper ceased publication in 1990[1] and was renamed as Nordkurier which was owned by Kurierverlag GmbH in 2009.