Haude and Spener
The Haude & Spener publishing house is a German publishing house based in Berlin , which dates back to a company in 1614 bookstore that already in 1615 laid a first work. This makes it the oldest publisher in Berlin.
History until 1945
On May 10, 1614, Elector Johann Sigismund granted the brothers Hans and Samuel Kalle a privilege to set up a bookshop . Both were not trained booksellers, but belonged to the bookbinding guild . The actual founder of the bookstore was Hans Kalle, while Samuel Kalle stayed with the bookbindery. At that time, the bookstore was An der Stechbahn , where the "Red Castle", built in 1866 and demolished after the Second World War , stood. One of the first works that Kalle published was the book published in 1615
- »The Chur-Brandeburg Reformation-Werck, that is: I. the most brilliant high-born prince and Mr. Johann Sigmunds, Marggraffen zu Brandenburg etc .; Confession of current points pending among the evangelicals and in controversial issues ... compiled and printed by a lover of the truth, anno 1615. Printed in Berlin by George Rungen. Relocated Johann Kallen booksellers and bookbinders doselbst «.
By 1632, 37 Kallesche publishing works were recorded. In 1659 Kalle sold the bookstore to Rupert Völcker and in 1697 it passed to his son Johann Völcker. However, he could not hold it and in 1700 sold it to Johann Christoph Papen, who in turn ceded the business to Ambrosius Haude in 1723 . In 1740 Haude founded the “Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schehrten Dinge”, a newspaper that was called “ Spenersche Zeitung ” from 1872 and that was included in the national newspaper in 1874 . Ambrosius Haude died on May 17, 1748 and the deal was passed on to his widow, who accepted her brother Johann Karl Spener (1710-1756) as a partner in what is now called Haude & Spener . From 1750 to 1751 the publishing house published the scientific journal “Critische Nachrichten aus dem Reich der Erreichsamkeit”, from 1754 to 1803 the “Berlinische Monatsschrift” appeared, in which Immanuel Kant also published. After the death of Johann Karl Spener in 1756, the two widows Sophie Spener and Susanne Eleanor Haude continued the business. In 1761 the publisher published the "Merkbaren zum Brandenburgischen Geschichte", written by the Prussian King Friedrich II. The original of this publication was published in French as early as 1751.
After the death of the widow Haude in 1762, her share of the business was transferred to Sophie Spener, who married the brother of her first husband, Christian Gottlieb Spener, in 1759. Her son from her first marriage, Johann Carl Spener the Younger (1749–1826) took over the publishing business in 1772. He was highly educated and, for example, brought out his own translations from English, French and Italian in his publishing house. In his printing house he set up the first high-speed press on mainland Europe in 1823 , which was made by the inventor, Friedrich König (1774–1833) himself. Haude and Spener then published the magazines "Iris: Vierteljahresschrift für Frauenzimmer" (1775–1778) and the "Journal for Germany, historical-political content" (1815–1816). From 1784 to 1826 the publishing house published the “Historical-genealogical calendar or yearbook of the strangest new world events”, which was illustrated by Daniel Chodowiecki . In 1784 Spener established a branch in Lippstadt , which existed until 1804. In 1809 the old Petrikirche in Berlin burned down , in which the Spenersche Verlag archive was also located. Spener himself handed over his bookstore to his long-time assistant Julius Siegfried Josephy (1792–1856) in 1826, sold the "Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schehrte Dinge" and died in January 1827. Josephy continued to run the publishing house and also worked with Karl von Holtei together, of which he published several volumes of poetry. In addition, he especially expanded the scientific and theological offerings of the publisher. After Josephy's death, the publishing house was briefly owned by the Berlin bookseller Ferdinand Schneider from 1857 before it was sold to Friedrich Weidling in 1859 . Significant works that the publisher brought out - in part again - were Archenholz '“History of the Seven Years War”, Georg Büchmann's “ Winged Words ” , the first edition of which came out in 1864, and William Lewis Hertslet's “The Stair Joke of World History. Historical errors, distortions and inventions ”, first published in 1882. Friedrich Weidling handed the publishing house over to his son Konrad in 1890 . He himself died in 1902. Konrad Weidling (1861–1911) only included a few new titles in the publisher's publications, but was increasingly concerned with the continuation of the two standard works of the publisher: The “Winged Words” were now continued by Walter Robert-tornow , who “Staircase joke of world history” by historian Hans F. Helmolt . The arrangers of both works changed several times in the following years.
After Konrad Weidling's death, his widow sold the publishing house to Max Paschke (1868–1932), who had been managing director of the publishing house since 1902. Paschke greatly expanded the publishing house's economic branch and was very involved in organizing the bookseller training. He joined the NSDAP early on, on January 1, 1930, and in 1932 the publishing house published the National Socialist magazine “Die Deutsche Volkswirtschaft”. Paschke died in the same year. The publishing house passed to his widow Emma Paschke, the business was led by the long-time authorized signatory, Martin Wülfing . In 1935 Wülfing became co-owner of the publishing house. He was a staunch National Socialist and a member of the NSDAP since 1926. Under him, the old business premises of the publishing house became a meeting point for well-known National Socialists. In 1936 a separate publishing house “Die Deutsche Volkswirtschaft Paschke KG” was founded for the magazine “Die Deutsche Volkswirtschaft” and separated from the Haude und Spener publishing house. Emma Paschke and Martin Wülfing were also shareholders here. The publisher has now published numerous economic works with National Socialist content such as B. "Vom Unternehmer zum Betriebsführer" by Paul Gerstner (1937) or "Economic System of National Socialism" by Harald Braeutigam, which was previously published by Carl Heymanns. In the new edition of the “Winged Words”, quotations were now included “which we owe to the National Socialist movement”, as it says in the company's 1939 publication. At the end of the war the publishing house in Berlin was destroyed and all documents were destroyed.
History from 1945
Martin Wülfing was sentenced to eleven years in prison by the Soviet occupying forces. After his return in 1958 he sold the publishing house and the publishing rights. The new owner, Axel W. Bluhm, started production at Haude & Spener again. On January 1, 1963, the publishing house was converted into a GmbH. Ten years later, 140 titles were available again. In addition to economic literature for practical use, the publisher mainly produced linguistic and literary books as well as volumes on Berlin's cultural and intellectual history and on the subject of Prussia. The historian Hans Joachim Schoeps published the anthology "That was Prussia". The publishing director and thus responsible for program policy was Horst Meyer. However, he left the publishing house in 1972 and took over the arani publishing house in 1974 . Under the new owner, Hellmut Heeger, the publisher got into a crisis that was only ended after Volker Spiess took over the publisher in 1978. In particular, he expanded the publisher's Berlin literature, for example with large-format image-text documentations such as the volume "Courthouse in Berlin - A legal and architectural history view" by Volker Kähne.
literature
- Rudolf Schmidt: German bookseller. German book printer. Contributions to a company history of the German book industry. 6 volumes. Verlag der Buchdruckerei Franz Weber, Berlin (from volume 4, 1907: Verlag von Rudolf Schmidt, Eberswalde) 1902–1908.
- Konrad Weidling: The Haude & Spenersche bookstore in Berlin in the years 1614-1890. Haude and Spener, Berlin 1902.
- Konrad Weidling: Three hundred years. The Haude & Spenersche bookstore in Berlin 1614–1914. Haude and Spener, Berlin 1914.
- Proud past, living present. 325 years of Haude & Spenersche bookstore in Berlin; 1614–1939 , Berlin: Haude & Spener 1939.
- Bodo Rollke: 375 years of Haude & Spener. May 10, 1614 - May 10, 1989 , Berlin: Haude & Spener 1989, ISBN 3-7759-0324-0 .
- Reinhard Würffel: Lexicon of German publishers from A – Z. 1071 publishers and 2800 publisher's logos from the beginning of book printing up to 1945. Addresses - data - facts - names , Berlin: Grotesk 2000, ISBN 3-9803147-1-5 , pp. 325–328.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Bürger : Enlightenment in Zurich. The Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Comp. in the second half of the 18th century. In: Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens 48 (1997), pp. 1–278, here p. 56 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Proud past, living present. 325 years of Haude & Spenersche bookstore in Berlin; 1614–1939 , Berlin: Haude & Spener 1939, p. 99.