Ernst Holtermann

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Cathedral bookstore Holtermann 2012 shortly before the closure in the house Breiter Weg 212a in Magdeburg

Ernst Holtermann (born August 10, 1867 in Hamburg , † March 10, 1922 in Magdeburg ) was a German bookseller who is considered one of the pioneers of the Protestant book trade in Germany.

Life

Holtermann came from the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, where he also attended school and apprenticeship. In 1890 he went to the capital of Berlin , where he took over the management of a branch of the German Evangelical Book and Tract Society . After working for 12 years, he decided to start his own bookseller. In 1902 he took over on his own account in Magdeburg, the capital of the Prussian province of Saxony , a defeat of the book association associated with the evangelical city mission. As early as 1905, the company Evangelische Buchhandlung Ernst Holtermann , which he managed, emerged from this and moved to a new shop on the west side of Breite Weg 212a in Magdeburg, not far from the junction with Leiterstrasse.

Ernst Holtermann ran this business until his death in 1922, after which it passed into the hands of his son Johannes Holtermann (1900–1987) and his daughter Irmgard. The bookstore survived National Socialism, the destruction of Magdeburg during the bombing , the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR. At the beginning of the 2010s, the Holtermann cathedral bookstore was closed.

Ernst Holtermann was buried in the Westfriedhof in Magdeburg. The grave cross is now part of the collection of the Lapidarium St. Gertraud .

plant

Ernst Holtermann sold innumerable publications on ecclesiastical subjects in his bookstore, but also sold ecclesiastical devices, hosts, candles of all kinds, etc. He had also founded a small publishing house, which was based in the bookstore. There he published various theological treatises and sermons - often in very large editions - and published the monthly journal of the Gustav-Adolf-Verein and the publication series of the meritorious association for church history of the province of Saxony . He also worked with the Historical Commission for Saxony and Anhalt .

literature

  • Gustav Fick (Ed.): The Evangelical Book Trade. Building blocks for his story , 1921, pp. 224–227.
  • Karl Möbius: The Protestant book trade. An overview of its development in the 19th and 20th centuries , 1961, p. 148ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Möbius: The Protestant book trade. An overview of its development in the 19th and 20th centuries , 1961, p. 31.
personal data
SURNAME Holtermann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1922
Place of death Magdeburg