GD Baedeker Verlag
The GD Baedeker Verlag was a publishing house in Essen , which was started in 1775 by Zacharias Gerhard Diederich Baedeker and founded in 1816 by his son Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker under this name.
history
prehistory
Already at the beginning of the 17th century there were a few prints in Essen. In 1613 the Essen Almanac was printed and in 1614 the Essendische Gesangbuch was published by Johann Zeisse . In the second half of the 17th century, the bookbinder Nicolas Herman Hülßhoff published the new octave book of the Essendisches Gesangbuch , which he had printed in Dortmund .
The upswing of the Essen printing industry took place in the 18th century. Heinrich Kaufmann, a bookbinder and publisher, opened a printing house in the early 18th century. The oldest work from this Offizin which applies Feur- and fire order of the city of Essen , which was printed 1719th In 1738 Johann Henrich Wißmann opened another printing house. He planned to publish a newspaper, but had to give up the company after a grammar was published . In 1740, the Wißmanns printing works were transferred to the municipal orphanage. The magistrate of the St. Gertrud Church at that time wanted to repair the print shop and appointed the printer Gottschalk Diederich Baedeker, the father of Zacharias Baedeker from Dortmund. Despite the efforts of the magistrate, who invested 275 Reichstalers and issued an ordinance according to which all offices and guilds had to subscribe to the newspaper Latest Essendische Nachrichten von Staats- und Schachtten, printed in the orphanage , this company made no profit. Therefore, around 1748, the magistrate transferred the printing works to Johann Sebastian Straube, which published various calendars, school programs and a newspaper. In 1753, Straube bought the print shop for 640 Reichstaler from the orphanage. After his death, Straube's widow Gottfried Lebrecht Schmid married , who had to submit every print and get approval after conflicts with city officials. In 1769 Schmid fled Essen, leaving behind his debts and obligations. Schmid's successor was Johann Christoph Theodor Wohlleben , who not only printed the newspaper but also the introduction to the secret of the covenant of grace of the preacher Friedrich Adolf Lampe from Bremen. Wohlleben died on December 24, 1773, leaving the printing shop to his widow.
founding
Zacharias Baedeker married Anna Theodora, née Bastian , in 1775 , the widow of the book printer Wohlleben, and thus took over the business of her late husband. He geared it to the branches of the company that were later persecuted: book trade , book publishing , newspaper publishing, printing and library . The competition on the Essen market was fierce and there was no clear distinction between booksellers, printers, publishers, bookbinders and wandering booksellers.
The head office of the Baedekers, in which Zacharias Baedeker and his wife ran a small stationery and book trade, was on Kettwiger Strasse , where the Baedeker house is today. This house was also where the family lived and worked. After Zacharias Baedeker suffered an eye problem, his son Gottschalk Diedrich took over the printing and all business in 1798. In 1803 he acquired the Helwingsche Universitätsbuchhandlung Duisburg and founded his company under the name Baedeker & Abbreviations in Duisburg and Essen , which became the G. D. Baedeker publishing house in 1816 .
Establishment
During his management of the company, Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker laid the foundation for a successful continued existence. His parents' business premises were too small for his plans with the company, so in 1801 he leased the former hospital west of Kopstadtplatz for 25 years.
Expansion phase
With the sons of Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker, the company experienced a phase of expansion. Eduard and Julius Baedeker ran the publishing house in Essen, Adolph Baedeker was a bookseller in Rotterdam and Cologne , while Karl Baedeker published his travel guides, which are still on the market today, in Koblenz .
Eduard and Julius Baedeker were succeeded by Julius' son Diedrich Gottschalk Baedeker in 1903 as the sole owner, after his death in 1922 he was again followed by his son Alfred Wilhelm Baedeker . After him, his wife Marta Baedeker took over the management, bringing the company through the times of National Socialism and the Second World War . She founded the G. D. Baedeker Foundation in 1963 out of concern for business.
Takeover and closure
In 1983 the Sutter Group took over the Baedeker bookstores, and in 2003 it went to Buch und Kunst , based in Dresden . Finally, the Thalia book trade group took over Baedeker in early 2007 and had all the logos changed.
The traditional bookstore was closed on October 15, 2012 after 237 years. The name BAEDEKERHAUS will remain on the building due to the preservation order.
literature
- Klaus Wisotzki: Book culture in the middle of industry. 225 years GD Baedeker in Essen . Ed .: Dorothea Bessen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 978-3-88474-786-5 .
- Käthe Klein: Essays 45: Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker . Ed .: Historical Association for the City and Abbey of Essen. Essen 1927, p. 62 ff .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Derwesten.de of May 27, 2008: Baedeker is now called Thalia ; last viewed on January 9, 2016
- ↑ derwesten.de from July 17, 2012: Thalia gives up books in the Baedekerhaus in Essen , accessed on January 28, 2016
- ↑ Derwesten.de of July 17, 2012: Thalia gives up book store in Baedekerhaus in Essen ; last viewed on January 9, 2016