Carl Heymann (publisher)
Carl Samuel Heymann (born November 29, 1793 in Glogau ; † August 21, 1862 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German-Jewish publisher .
life and work
On October 1st, 1815, Carl Heymann founded a bookstore in Glogau / Silesia at the age of 21 . He later expanded the bookstore to include a publisher . In 1835 he moved to Berlin and became a member of the Society of Friends . In Carl Heymann Verlag from 1843 the decision Collections Prussian courts appeared. The first text edition of the Civil Code was also published in 1896 by Carl Heymanns Verlag. As a publisher he was both politically and benevolently involved. In 1846 Heymann was awarded the title of Kommerzienrat by the Prussian king .
From around 1851 to 1855, Heymann was director of the Borussia fire insurance company. In the late 1840s he worked for several years in the Berlin city council. In 1845 Carl Heymann was one of the founding members of the Cooperative for Reform in Judaism (reform community from 1850), of which he became deputy chairman. From the early 1850s until his death he was a member, first of the representative assembly, later of the board of directors of the Berlin Jewish community, and at times chairman of the community.
Carl Heymann died in 1862 at the age of 68 of complications from cholera. His grave is in Berlin in the Jewish cemetery Schönhauser Allee .
Heymann had been married to Johanna Laskowitz from Glogau since 1819. The marriage resulted in nine sons and a daughter, who married the Berlin writer Max Ring in 1856 . Heymann's son Theodor followed in his father's footsteps and had been a partner in the publishing house since 1849.
Named after the publisher Carl Heymann Carl Heymann Prize is awarded was a science prize, the non-profit twice from Carl Heymann's company (Frankfurt) for outstanding achievement for a deeper European integration at the level of law.
literature
- Niels Reuter: Heymann, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 89 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Heymann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 353.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heymann, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heymann, Carl Samuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glogau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1862 |
| Place of death | Berchtesgaden |