Carl Georg Steinicke

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Carl Georg Steinicke (1877–1939)

Carl Georg Steinicke (born August 7, 1877 in Berlin , † March 5, 1939 in Munich ), known as "Papa Steinicke", was a bookseller and antiquarian in Munich.

Live and act

Steinicke founded a bookstore with an antiquarian bookshop in Munich in 1903 at Lindwurmstrasse 5a. In 1914 Steinicke opened in Adalbertstrasse. 15 ( Maxvorstadt ) behind his bookstore there is a cabaret for drama performances and lecture evenings. The Steinickesaal quickly developed into a discussion forum for intellectuals, writers and philosophers.

Max Weber gave at least two lectures in the Kunstsaal of the Steinicke bookstore. On November 7, 1917, he gave a lecture on the subject of “ Science as a Profession ” as part of the lecture series “Intellectual work as a profession ”. On January 28, 1919, the lecture “ Politics as a Profession ” took place in the same series of lectures . The series of lectures was organized by the “Free Students Association. Regional Association of Bavaria ”.

In 1932 Steinicke converted his bookstore into a poets and artists' club. During the Third Reich, opponents of National Socialism from various political parties met here in the evening : Social Democrats , Communists , Central People and members of the Bavarian People's Party .

Steinicke was a Munich city ​​councilor . He promoted art life in Munich and was a co-founder of the Bavarian Adult Education Association .

Honors

  • At the former location of his bookstore (the building was destroyed in World War II), a small plaque was attached to the facade of the new building (see illustration).
  • In Munich, Maxvorstadt district, a small street, the Steinickeweg , was named after him.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Killy, Walther (Ed.): Dictionary of German Biography, Vol. 9: Schmidt-Theyer, De Gruyter, 2005, p. 510 ( ISBN 978-3-598-23299-2 ).
  2. ↑ Wolfgang J. Mommsen (Ed.): Weber, Max: Gesamtausgabe . Vol. 17 Science as a Profession. Mohr, Tübingen 1992, ISBN 3-16-145765-X , p. 46. (Ed. On behalf of the Commission for Social and Economic History of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences)
  3. ^ Weber, Max: Complete Edition ... ISBN 3-16-145765-X , p. 113.
personal data
SURNAME Steinicke, Carl Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steinicke, papa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller and antiquarian
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1939
Place of death Munich