Ernst Bernhard Scharf

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Ernst Bernhard Scharf (born January 6, 1828 in Keuschberg ; † May 19, 1888 in Oldenburg ) was a German newspaper publisher .

Life

Scharf came from the Prussian province of Saxony and came to Oldenburg in 1852 after completing his apprenticeship as a book printer on the then usual wanderings . There he found his first job with the printing and publishing house Gerhard Stalling and soon became foreman ( factor ) of the printing company. A short time later he set up his own printing company.

In the course of the favorable economic situation in the 1860s, he founded the Rasteder Nachrichten in June 1866, which appears twice a week . Organ for community and state interests and then, after the newspaper's continued economic success, dared to move to the state capital and royal seat of Oldenburg in December 1866 . From January 1867 he published the news for town and country, which was initially printed twice a week . Journal for Oldenburg community and state interests , which, as a result of its clever pricing policy and the skillful organization of local reporting, developed into the most influential daily newspaper in the Oldenburg state and politically represented a moderately liberal line. Scharf had grown rich from the newspaper's continued economic success. He died in 1888.

family

Scharf married Ida Maria Catharina born in 1854. Bender (1826-1913), a daughter of the court lackeys Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Bender. The couple had five children, of whom Theodor Friedrich Oskar Scharf (1836–1937) took over the management of the newspaper after the death of his father and expanded it further.

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personal data
SURNAME Sharp, Ernst Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German newspaper publisher
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Keuschberg, district of Bad Dürrenberg
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1888
Place of death Oldenburg