Johann Georg Friedrich Wendell

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Johann Georg Friedrich Wendell (also: Johann Georg Friedrich Wendel ) (born July 26, 1774 in Rendsburg , † October 29, 1836 ibid) was a German city ​​governor , printer and newspaper publisher .

Life

Wendel was the first book printer to open a printing house in Rendsburg in 1806 and, with royal privilege, had published the non-profit weekly newspaper for Rendsburg and the surrounding area from 1808 , of which he was editor until his death. Today's Schleswig-Holsteinische Landeszeitung developed from the paper .

At the same time he was also active as a writer and published a description of the St. Marienkirche in Rendsburg.

He was elected governor of Rendsburg.

He was married to Anna Margaretha (* unknown; † February 19, 1842), b. Guts. Their son Friedrich Matthias Wendell (born December 25, 1798 in Rendsburg; † December 15, 1853) continued to print the Rendsburger Wochenblatt after his father's death . After Friedrich Matthias Wendell's death, his widow sold the company to Heinrich Gütlein.

Fonts (selection)

  • Description of the content-rich old town St. Marienkirche in Rendsburg. Written for the 300th anniversary of the Reformation . Rendsburg 1817.
  • Brief news of what has been improved through voluntary contributions in relation to the celebration of the third centenary of the Reformation in the old town of St. Mary's Church. Rensburg 1818.
  • Hans Lorenz Andreas Vent; Johann Georg Friedrich Wendell: About the cause and necessity of the present feud of faith. Rendsburg printed by JGF Wendell in 1819.
  • Ernst Christian Kruse; Johann Georg Friedrich Wendell: When should the Holsteiners, Danes and Swedes celebrate the thousand-year jubilee of the Christianity they founded? A historical investigation. Rendsburg Wendell 1820.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voight: New Nekrolog der Deutschen, 15th year, 1837, 1st part, pp. 33–34 . BF Voigt, 1839 ( google.de [accessed January 12, 2018]).
  2. ^ Lexicon of the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1829 to mid-1866, p. 552 . GGL v. Maack, 1868 ( google.de [accessed on May 22, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Sabine Sopha: The treasure from the cellar (shz.de from February 19, 2014; accessed on May 24, 2018)
  4. ↑ Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Stats-Calender, p. 158 . Mercurius, 1835 ( google.de [accessed on May 22, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Wendell, Johann Georg Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendell, JGF; Wendel, Johann Georg Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German printer and newspaper publisher
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Rendsburg
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1836
Place of death Rendsburg