Ernst Wedge

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Ernst Keil
After a photograph by W. Höffert in Leipzig drawn on wood by Adolf Neumann
from Die Gartenlaube , 1878, p. 573
Ernst Keil's birthplace in Marktstrasse in Langensalza; reproduced in Die Gartenlaube
from a photo by Christian Gottfried Bregazzi in 1897
State of the birth house in 2015
Contemporary illustration of the Villa Ernst Keil in Goldschmidtstrasse 33 in Leipzig. The villa was destroyed in 1943.
Former paper warehouse on the property of the former Villa Ernst Keil, Talstrasse 7 / corner Goldschmidtstrasse in Leipzig. The paper warehouse was originally located behind the Villa Keil.

Ernst Keil (born December 6, 1816 in Langensalza , † March 23, 1878 in Leipzig ) was a German bookseller , publisher, among other things the editor and founder of the family magazine Die Gartenlaube .

Life

Ernst Keil was born on Marktstrasse in Langensalza as the son of a court clerk. He learned the book trade in Weimar , then joined the Weygandsche Buchhandlung in Leipzig as an assistant in 1837 and soon turned to journalism here. In 1838 he took over the editing of the journal Our Planet (later Wandelstern ), which under his direction became one of the most widely read papers of the time. After he had founded his own bookseller's shop in Leipzig in 1845, a year later he started the monthly newspaper Der Leuchtthurm , which he also edited himself. This organ marked a significant turning point in the history of pre-March journalism when, supported by respected representatives of the liberal movement ( Robert Blum , Johann Jacoby , Gustav Adolf Wislicenus , Leberecht Uhlich and others), it was the first popular expression of the awakened urge for liberation on political and religious area. Ceaseless persecution on the part of the police forced frequent changes of the publishing location until the March days of 1848 finally brought freedom of the press and the paper itself was allowed to appear in Leipzig. With the victory of the reaction, the persecutions began again; the magazine was suppressed in 1851 and the socially critical wedge himself was sentenced to nine months in prison , which he served in Hubertusburg .

In prison, the idea for an illustrated family paper was born, which appeared from January 1, 1853 under the title Die Gartenlaube and which quickly became popular.

Ernst Keil married Lina (Dorothea Karoline, née Aston, 1821–1894) in 1844. Their son Alfred died in Cairo in 1871 on a trip to the Orient.

estate

Among his other publishing works, which in 1850/1852 also included the hydrological works by JH Rausse and Theodor Hahn , the most successful were Carl Ernst Bock's book on healthy and sick people (1855) and the novels by E. Marlitt and E. Werner . The business, which passed into the possession of the widow Keils, was taken over by the Kröner brothers in Stuttgart at the end of 1883 and continued under the Ernst Keils successor company .

Letters

  • 9 letters from Ernst Keil to various recipients 10 January 1851 to 30 August 1875

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Keil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Ernst Keil  - Sources and full texts
Wikisource: The Gazebo  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the digital version Die Gartenlaube , 1897, p. 200
  2. ↑ Alfred Keil . In: The Gazebo . Volume 2, 1872, pp. 36 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  3. ↑ Albert Fränkel: Ernst Keil. A picture of life and character . In: The Gazebo . Issue 35, 1878, pp. 569-581 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  4. ↑ Ernst Keil's widow † . In: The Gazebo . Volume 42, 1894, pp. 724 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  5. ^ Gundolf Keil : Review of: Florian Mildenberger: Medical instruction for the bourgeoisie. Medicinal cultures in the magazine "Die Gartenlaube" (1853–1944). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-515-10232-2 (= Medicine, Society and History. Supplement 45). In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 34, 2015 (2016), pp. 306-313, here: pp. 308 f.
  6. ^ Fritz Reuter Literature Archive Berlin

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personal data
SURNAME Wedge, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller and founder of the family magazine "Die Gartenlaube"
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Langensalza , Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1878
Place of death Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire