Greaves travel guide
The Grieben Travel Guide were a series of German-language travel guides that were published for Germany and later for Europe.
history
Theobald Grieben founded the Griebens travel library named after him in Berlin in 1853 . A collection of practical travel guides with travel maps and city plans . The books were published by “Verlag von Theobald Grieben”. In 1863 Grieben sold the travel guide series to Albert Goldschmidt Verlag. It was later renamed Grieben Verlag Albert Goldschmidt in 1921, and from 1932 into Grieben Verlag GmbH. In 1955, the publishing house Karl Thiemig from Munich took over the series and brought it out in the typical and well-known yellow-blue design.
The first as Griebens travel library designated collection was quickly known for their reliability in Germany, was popular and one of the main competitors of the Baedeker Guide . In contrast to the Baedeker , greaves travel guides were equipped with photographic images from the turn of the century. Numerous travel topics appeared, they covered smaller travel areas such as landscapes, famous travel routes, cities and health resorts. Theobald Grieben compiled the first 60 volumes based on his own travel experience. Some titles had more than 40 editions, Berlin and the surrounding area were the best-selling: it was published in 1941 in its 73rd edition.
The main focus was on practical travel advice and the endeavor to guide the traveler without prejudice. The collection was later renamed Grieben's travel guide , supplemented by the editions of the Grieben's picture guide .
The series was expanded to over 250 titles in the 1970s. The band Deutschland-Ost was last published in 1992 , which ended the series. Many historical editions are made available as electronic reproductions by the German National Library .
Web links
- Literature by and about Grieben travel guide in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Will Vorderwisch: Grieben, Carl Leopold Eberhard Theobald. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 56 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ a b Georg Jäger (Ed.): History of the German Book Trade in the 19th and 20th Centuries , Vol. I, De Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-7657-2351-3 , p. 535.
- ↑ Susanne Müller: The world of Baedeker. A media culture history of the travel guide 1830-1945 , Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-593-39615-6 , p. 167.
- ^ Ingo Nauhaus, Stefan Ade: Germany East. The new federal states with metropolis Berlin. (Grieben travel guide, vol. 312), 3rd edition, Grieben Verlag, Stuttgart, Vienna, Bern, Ostfildern 1992, ISBN 3-7744-0312-0 .
- ↑ Example: Wilhelm Damman: The Harz. Practical guide. 35th edition 1919, electronic reproduction 2016, urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201607314254 .