August Huck

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August Huck (born February 24, 1849 in Offenbach am Main , † July 14, 1911 in Blankenberghe , Belgium ) was a German publisher .

Life

August Huck was the son of the owner of a type foundry and mechanical engineering company in Offenbach, Joh. Michael Huck (1809–1864). The mother, Katharina (1811-1884) was the daughter of the farmer Joh. Philipp Grölz and his wife Anna Clara née Scondo. Huck married Magdalene (1863-1916) in Breslau in 1883, the daughter of master shipbuilder Carl Gustav Fechter and his wife Adelheid Clara Agnes Milde. The couple had six sons together, including Wolfgang Huck .

August Huck converted his father's company into a stock corporation in 1888 and became a newspaper publisher in Frankfurt am Main . In 1887 he founded the Nürnberger Generalanzeiger , which later became the Nürnberger Zeitung , which he sold to Erich Spandel in the 1890s. In 1888 he was the founder of the Breslauer Generalanzeiger ( Breslauer Latest News since 1917 ), which reached what was then a very high circulation of 160,000 copies. He was also the founder of the Dresdner Neuesten Nachrichten , the Münchner Zeitung , the Bayerische Zeitung , the Württemberger Zeitung and the Kasseler Neuesten Nachrichten . In 1902 he bought the Stettiner Neuesten Nachrichten and founded the Stettiner Abendpost together with Ferdinand Koch . In 1906 he acquired the Leipziger Abendzeitung , which later took on the title of the Leipziger Zeitung founded in the 17th century , and in 1910 the Generalanzeiger for Halle and the Saale district (from which the Halleschen Nachrichten became). He was also the owner of a number of type foundries, typesetting machines, and paper factories that produced the newspapers. He took moderately liberal positions and gave the publishers or editors-in-chief complete freedom in the direction of their papers.

Huck was the main financier of Reinhardt's theaters .

He is buried in the old cemetery in Offenbach . The representative grave monument characterizes the square at the main entrance of the cemetery on the left.

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personal data
SURNAME Huck, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1911
Place of death Blankenberghe