George Bookstore

From 1947 the Georgsbuchhandlung was located in the Kurierhaus , Georgstraße 52

The Georgsbuchhandlung in Hanover , sometimes also known as the Leibniz bookshop , was a bookshop and venue for readings, mostly by high-ranking German authors.

history

The Georgsbuchhandlung was created after the Second World War from an initiative started in 1946 by the Hanoverian Printing and Publishing Company, which is closely related to the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) . With the approval of the British military government , the desired “people's bookstore” was then opened in 1947 in the Kurierhaus at Georgstrasse 52 .

In 1957 the Georgsbuchhandlung temporarily moved to the " Pressehaus " at Goseriede 10 , but in 1964 it was moved back to the former location in the courier house.

Especially after Otto Stender took over the Georgsbuchhandlung - the later founder of the Mentor aid association - Die Leselernhelfer - the company developed into a sought-after address for literature and fiction.

The monthly readings, mostly by high-ranking German authors, were particularly innovative by Otto Stender - the first Hanoverian bookseller. Writers such as Günter Grass , Siegfried Lenz , Doris Dörrie , Hilde Domin , Gabriele Wohmann and many others read on his red sofa , which was soon known throughout the city .

On the red sofa of Otto Stender's Georgsbuchhandlung: Hiltrud and Gerhard Schröder in 1990 a few days after being elected Prime Minister of Lower Saxony ;
Polaroid - instant photo from the first floor of the Georgsbuchhandlung

Otto Stender 2012 in front of the former Stender bookstore at Marienstraße 77

After a complete renovation of the courier house by the owner, rent increases for the now enlarged sales rooms forced Otto Stender in 1997 to relocate the Georgsbuchhandlung to Karmarschstrasse 27 , where he went bankrupt in 1999 .

In the bookstore Stender in Marienstrasse 77 Otto Stender could continue his bookselling activities temporarily.

literature

• Conrad von Meding: Off for bookstore on Marienstraße / Mr Stender gives up / There should be no bankruptcy. “After all, I have my pride in spite of everything,” says Otto Stender, owner of the small bookstore on Marienstraße, and pulls on his pipe. “We just close it without harming anyone.” In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of March 8, 2014, updated on March 11, 2014

Remarks

1. ↑ Deviating from this, the Hannoversche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft is referred to as "[...] SPD-own"; compare Hugo Thielen: Georgsbuchhandlung. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 214; Preview over google books
2. ↑ In contrast to this, the year 1996 is mentioned as the first year on Karmarschstrasse; compare Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen: 1999 , in Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek (Ed.): Hannover. Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon (HKuKL), new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, Springe: zu Klampen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , p. 59

Web links

Commons : Georgsbuchhandlung (Hannover)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Hugo Thielen : Georgsbuchhandlung. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 214; Preview over google books
2. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Hannoversche license newspapers , in Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.): History of the City of Hannover , Vol. 2: From the beginning of the 19th century to the present , Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Hannover 1994, ISBN 3 -87706-364-0 , pp. 647f .; Preview over google books
3. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: 1999 , in Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek (ed.): Hannover. Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon (HKuKL), new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, Springe: zu Klampen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , p. 59