Helwingsche Verlagbuchhandlung

The building at Emilienstraße 10 in Hanover, erected by Karl Ross in 1899 , was the seat of the publishing house from February 1, 1927; Sheets for architecture and handicrafts , photo: Georg Alpers

The Helwingsche Verlagsbuchhandlung was an early bookshop and at times also a publisher in Hanover . The beginnings go back to the 16th century. The publishing bookstore existed until 1955.

history

17th century

1602 acquired Ulrich Zander one of the booths that on the north side of the Market Church grown and the magistrate had been leased to the city of Hanover since 1550 at local booksellers. From 1678 Nicolaus Förster ran the business.

Christian Friedrich Helwing

Around 100 years later, the bookseller Christian Friedrich Helwing (born January 19, 1725 in Köslin / Pomerania , † January 2, 1800 in Lemgo ) became the new owner in 1773 , and he had been the owner of Meyer'sche Buchhandlung in Lemgo by marriage since 1750 . To secure the future, he planned the Hanover business for his son Dietrich; for his son Johann, however, he founded a bookstore in Duisburg .

Christian Friedrich Helwing was the trainer of the brothers Heinrich Wilhelm and Bernhard Dietrich Hahn and in particular published the 20-volume Lemgoische Litteraturbibliothek (1773–1781). Helwing took over holdings of the works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from Förster . In addition, he distributed the writings of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst .

Dietrich Helwing

Helwing's son Dietrich (born March 25, 1764 in Lemgo, † December 1832 in Hanover), who had been married to Friederike Ramberg (1779–1846, daughter of Johann Daniel Ramberg ) since 1807 , continued the Hanoverian business until his death.

Mierzinsky and Polstorff

In 1820, Dietrich Helwing took on Ignaz August Mierzinsky as a partner, who then acquired the publishing bookstore on July 1, 1833 in favor of his son Carl. From 1842, Alfred von Seefeld completed his training as a bookseller under Carl Mierzinsky . After Ernst Victor Schmorl also joined the company in 1849 , the two founded their own company in 1852, the Schmorl & von Seefeld company .

Meanwhile, the Helwing'sche publishing bookstore passed from Carl Mierzinsky's grandchildren to Georg Polstorff .

Due to the air raids on Hanover in World War II , most of the holdings were lost: From 1945 Polstorff only ran the company as a bookstore and second-hand bookshop and has been considered extinct since 1955.

literature

• Ernst Kelchner :  Helwing, Christian Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 718 f.
• Hanoverian biography. , Vol. 3, Hanover under the Kurhut, 1645-1815 , ed. by Wilhelm Rothert, A. Rothert and M. Peters, Hannover 1916, p. 498
• Lexicon of the entire book industry , 2nd ed., Ed. v. S. Corsten et al. a., Vol. 3, 1991, p. 441
• Helmut Zimmermann : From the diary of Friederike Helwing. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 49 (1995), pp. 169–191
• Hugo Thielen : Helwing - H. -sche publishing bookstore. 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 , pp. 284f.

Web links

• Postcard from 1927 with all address details and a view of the house at Emilienstrasse 10 in Hanover

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hugo Thielen : Seefeld, Alfred von. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 560
2. ^ Hugo Thielen : Schmorl, Ernst Victor. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 546