Ernst Siegfried Mittler
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Ernst Siegfried Mittler (born January 26, 1785 in Halle (Saale) , † April 12, 1870 in Berlin ) was a German publisher .
Life
At the age of 14 he began training as a bookseller in his hometown. After four years he went to Leipzig in 1803 , where he also trained as a typesetter . From 1804 to 1811 he then worked in the bookselling company of his older brother Johann George Mittler in Leipzig. He then moved to Berlin in 1814, where he initially worked in the bookstores C. F. Amelang and Schlesinger. However, a year later he started his own business. As early as 1816, Mittler was able to take over the publishing house of his father-in-law Wilhelm Dieterici (1758–1838). As early as 1787, he had been in charge of publishing the works of King Frederick II and in 1789 founded his own book printing and publishing house.
Both companies expanded under Mittler's management. As early as 1820 his company opened a branch in Poznan and in 1827 another in Bromberg . In the publishing house that now bore his name, the focus of the published books was on military publications . In the following years, however, Mittler sold his company and its branches in order to be able to concentrate on the publishing house and the printing company . These moved to the Berlin Kochstrasse 68-70. In 1848, Mittler's son Ernst Siegfried Wilhelm became a partner in the company, which is why the name of the publisher was changed to " E. S. Mittler & Sohn ". Although this son died in 1853, this name was retained. In 1866 Mittler became a court bookseller .
Ernst Siegfried Mittler died in Berlin in 1870 at the age of 85. He was buried in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches in front of the Hallesches Tor . The grave is preserved.
After his death, his grandson Theodor Töche, who had become a partner in 1862, continued to run the publishing house.
plant
The importance of Mittlers and his publishing house lay primarily in the fact that he promoted specialist military literature. All publications of the German General Staff appeared in the company founded by Mittler until the end of the Second World War . Likewise, the most important military journals , such as the military weekly , the quarterly books for troop leadership and military studies and the military scientific review . Still published today z. B. the Military History Research Office in Potsdam Publications published by E. S. Mittler & Sohn .
literature
- Theodor Toeche : Mittler, Siegfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 35 f.
- Theodor Freiherr v. Troschke : Ernst Siegfried Mittler - A picture of life . Mittler, Berlin 1870.
Web links
- Kathrin Chod: Mittler, Ernst Siegfried . In: Hans-Jürgen Mende , Kurt Wernicke (Hrsg.): Berliner Bezirkslexikon, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg . Luisenstadt educational association . Haude and Spener / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89542-122-7 ( luise-berlin.de - as of October 7, 2009).
- Brief biography. (PDF) In: Sebastian Panwitz: Bio-Bibliography on Berlin publishers and publishing houses. Project Berliner Klassik of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, p. 13 (PDF).
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 245.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mittler, Ernst Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1870 |
| Place of death | Berlin |