Georg Westermann (publisher)

This article deals with the publisher Georg Westermann, born in 1869 . For his grandfather and publisher's founder, who was born under the same name, see George Westermann

Georg Westermann (born July 11, 1869 in Braunschweig , † September 20, 1945 in Potsdam ) was a German publisher . After the death of his father Friedrich Westermann , he continued to run Westermann-Verlag , founded by his grandfather George Westermann , which is now part of the Westermann Group , which is still based in Braunschweig .

biography

Georg Westermann's grave in the Braunschweig Magnifriedhof .

Georg Westermann was the eldest son of the publisher Friedrich Westermann (1840–1907) and his wife Louise Westermann, (born Oldenbourg, 1846–1874). He had a younger sister in Elisabeth (1871–1960). On July 15, 1899, he married Magdalene Wätjen, with whom he had three children: Luise, Friedrich and Everhard .

In 1907, after the death of his father Friedrich Westermann, Georg Westermann succeeded him in the management of the Westermann publishing house. On July 1, 1908, the date when it was registered partnership led (OHG) company into a limited partnership converted (KG). After the departure of the authorized signatory Robert Brandt in the same year, Johannes Himstedt, Paul Krösing and Max Robert Hoffmann were appointed as new authorized signatories. In 1912/13 the publishing house moved from the Vieweg house in Braunschweig's city center to Riddagshäuser Weg (later renamed Georg-Westermann-Allee) on the outskirts of Braunschweig in order to have more space for the now rapidly growing print shop. In 1914, the publishing clerk Hans Reichel joined the company management as a personally liable co-owner and Georg Westermann increasingly withdrew from the active publishing business. In the First World War Westermann served as a reserve officer . In 1922 he finally gave up the management of the company and moved to Potsdam, where he died in 1945.

literature

• 150 years of Westermann 1838–1988… and I have the honor to report it to you. A company history spanning a century and a half. Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1988; ISBN 3-07-500000-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Georg Westermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Newspaper article about Georg Westermann in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
• Westermann Group website