Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker
Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker also Gottschalk Diederich Baedeker (born July 13, 1778 in Essen ; † March 23, 1841 ibid) was a German publisher and bookseller , founder of GD Baedeker Verlag and city councilor in Essen.
Live and act
In the 18th century, members of the Baedeker family founded their first newspapers and publishing houses in Essen and Dortmund . Gottschalk Diederich Baedeker was born as the son of the Princely Essendischer Hofbuchdrucker Zacharias Gerhard Diederich Baedeker (1775-1800). He attended the Burggymnasium in Essen and the Dortmund Academic Gymnasium.
In 1798, at the age of 20, he took over Wohlleben's printing press from his father, who married the widow of Johann Christian Theodor Wohlleben , who owned a printing company in Essen. Gottschalk Diedrich also took over his father's newspaper publisher, as his father was in poor health. He published the General Political News until his death. In 1803 Baedeker acquired the Helwingsche Universitätsbuchhandlung Duisburg and founded his company under the name Baedeker Abbreviations in Duisburg and Essen , which in 1816 became the G. D. Baedeker-Verlag. In doing so, he paid particular attention to the book business and sold educational publications, primers, school books and hymn books in particular.
Against his will, Baedeker became a municipal councilor during the period of French rule from 1808 to 1813 . In 1813 he was captain of the Landwehr .
He then held the office of city council in Essen until 1839 and was therefore also a member of the board of trustees of the Burggymnasium from 1824. There he remained an honorary rendant until his death .
In 1817 Baedeker acquired a residence for the canons of Essen , the so-called Von-Harrach'sche Kuria . The Baedekerhaus, which is now a listed building, was built in its place in 1928 .
GD Baedeker married Marianne, née Gehra, (1781–1847) in Neuwied in 1800 . Eight children are known. The first successors in Gottschalk Diederich Baedeker's company were his youngest sons Eduard (1817–1879) and Julius Baedeker (1821–1898). The eldest son Karl Baedeker founded the publishing house Karl Baedeker and published the later known Baedeker travel guide .
Gottschalk Diederich Baedeker was buried in the cemetery at Kettwiger Tor . When this had to be abandoned in 1955, his grave was transferred to the Ostfriedhof in Essen .
literature
- Klaus Wisotzki: Book culture in the middle of industry. 225 years GD Baedeker in Essen . Ed .: Dorothea Bessen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1999, 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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Excerpt from the list of monuments of the city of Essen (PDF; 577 kB), accessed on January 5, 2017
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Baedeker, Gottschalk Diedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baedeker, Gottschalk Diederich; Baedeker, Gottschalk Dietrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher, bookseller and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1841 |
| Place of death | eat |