Carl Daenzer [In Germany, Karl] (July 17, 1820 in Odenheim – September 23, 1906 in Neckarsulm) founded the Westliche Post and was a long-time editor of the Anzeiger des Westens, two noted German-language newspapers in St. Louis, Missouri. He and Emil Preetorius were the Nestors of the German American press in the United States. In 1870 [Franco-Prussian War] he collected more than one million Dollars for wounded German soldiers.In 1885 President Cleveland asked him as US-ambassador to Bern (Suisse). But he refused.