Engelhorn publishing house
The Engelhorn Verlag was in Stuttgart -based book publisher .
history
Printing: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft and A. Schuler Chemigraphische Kunstanstalt , Stuttgart
After the Lithographische Kunstanstalt with Verlag Engelhorn & Hochdanz had already been founded in 1844 , from which Emil Hochdanz's company of the same type was formed in 1860, Engelhorn Verlag was founded - also in 1860 - by Johann Christoph (also Jean) Engelhorn (1818–1897). Johann Christoph Engelhorn came from a respected Mannheim bourgeois family. His younger brother Friedrich Engelhorn played a key role in founding BASF in Ludwigshafen in 1865 . Johann Engelhorn first completed a commercial apprenticeship in Heidelberg and settled in Stuttgart in 1841. Three years later he had teamed up with the lithographer Emil Hochdanz (1816–1885) and founded the publishing house “Engelhorn & Hochdanz”, which among other things published the fashion newspaper “Allgemeine Musterblätter”. The two business partners separated in 1860.
In its early years, J. Engelhorn's publishing house initially published scientific and commercial works. From 1863 the company published the arts and crafts magazine “Gewerbehalle”. A short time later, the "Furniture Bazaar" followed. From 1874, the publisher published magnificent works on regional history such as "Italy - A Walk from the Alps to Aetna", "Art Treasures of Italy" or "The Swiss Country", which were illustrated by numerous woodcuts.
In 1876, the son of the company's founder, Carl Engelhorn (1849–1926), joined the publishing house. During his training he had lived in the United States for some time and brought the idea of the novel library with him. The publishing house engaged the most popular German authors of the time and from 1884 onwards published a new novel every two weeks at a reasonable price. The books were offered in two versions: as a paperback or with a hard cover. Both series had a red cover, which became their trademark. The series became a commercial success and made the company widely known.
In 1885, under the direction of the young architects Ludwig Eisenlohr and Carl Weigle, the " Architektonische Rundschau " began to appear in Engelhorn Verlag, one of the leading architecture magazines.
After his father retired in 1890, Carl Engelhorn managed the company alone. Carl Engelhorn's commitment went far beyond book publishing. Between 1897 and 1901 he was in charge of the German Booksellers Association . He was also involved in founding the Stuttgart public library . The publisher provided a suitable building plot and donated 80,000 marks for the construction of the library building.
In 1910 Carl Engelhorn sold the publishing house to Paul Schumann and Adolf Spemann , with the company now being renamed “J. Engelhorn's descendants ”has been changed. In the 1920s, the company published the book series “Musical Folk Books”, “Lebendige Welt” and “Engelhorn's Animal Books”. After the death of Paul Schumann, Adolf Spemann was the sole owner of the company from 1937.
In 1956 the "Engelhorn Verlag" was taken over by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt . In connection with their move to Munich at the beginning of the new millennium, Engelhorn Verlag was completely integrated into the DVA.
literature
- Engelhorn, J. In: Rudolf Schmidt: German booksellers - German book printers - contributions to a company history of the German book trade. Volume 2. Berlin / Eberswalde 1903, pp. 215f.
- Ulrich Frank-Planitz: The Engelhorn publishing family. In: Life pictures from Swabia and Franconia. 16, 1986, pp. 273-291.
- Ulrich Frank-Planitz: Brief history of the Engelhorn publishing house , Stuttgart: Engelhorn 1997.
- Sabine Schust: Carl Engelhorn and the Stuttgart public library. In: Peter Vodosek, Alistar Black, Peter Hoare (eds.): Patronage for libraries (= Wolfenbüttel writings on the history of the book industry. 39). Wiesbaden 2004, pp. 289-294.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Compare the information and cross-references from the German National Library