Josef Mathias Petersmann

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Josef Mathias Petersmann

Josef Mathias Petersmann (born January 3, 1864 in Agram ; † January 20, 1942 in Leipzig ) was a German publisher and owner of the Otto Spamer company , which he had expanded into the largest and most modern printing company on mainland Europe by the beginning of the First World War .

Life

Villa Petersmann at Schwägrichenstrasse 23 in Leipzig (2009)
Grave site of Josef Mathias Petersmann and relatives in the south cemetery in Leipzig (2011)

Josef Petersmann studied philosophy and classical philology in Vienna . In 1888 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna . Then he was introduced to the publishing industry at BG Teubner .

In 1889 he became a partner in the heirs of Otto Spamer and in 1891 sole owner of the publishing house, printing and bookbinding of Otto Spamer. Under his leadership, the company developed into the largest and most efficient printing company in Germany. At that point in time, the publishing house and printing house, including the bookbindery, were based at Breitkopfstrasse 7.

From 1904, Spamer used the most modern typesetting machines such as Monotype and Typograph . 160 high-speed presses were available to the company. From 1912 he used rotary machines for letterpress printing and specialized in the production of illustration and color printing in gravure and offset printing .

From her first marriage with Johanna Petersmann, b. Dittrich (1859–1919) had four children: Arnold Petersmann, Anneliese Petersmann, Dora Petersmann and Fritz Petersmann. In his second marriage (since 1920) he was with Irna Jenny Petersmann, geb. Gottwald married.

From 1921 his son Arnold ran the publishing house. With effect from January 1, 1932, the Spamer company was converted into a stock corporation. In 1934 the company employed 1,500 people.

Since 1898 the company buildings have been in the graphic quarter , between Crusius and Breitkopfstrasse . The Villa Petermann of Josef Mathias Petermann, built in 1888-1890 by Peter Dybwad (1858-1921), was in the Schwägrichenstraße 23 in Leipzig music district .

After the Second World War , the company, which was badly affected by the air raids on Leipzig, was renamed the Leipziger Druckhaus , expropriated and incorporated into the large graphic company Interdruck .

Residential houses

Petersmann is available in Leipzig at the address Moschelesstraße 5 until 1900. He later lived in his villa at Schwägrichenstrasse 23.

Memberships

literature

  • Sabine Knopf: Book City Leipzig. The historical travel guide. Chr. Links Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86153-634-5 .
  • Petersmann, Josef Matthias. In: Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A – Z. PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, p. 461, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topic of the dissertation : De correlatione, quae dicitur, in periodis hypotheticis apud Latinos.
  2. ^ Leipziger Adreß-Buch 1900. (Signature: Hist.Sax.H.1390-1900) , p. 722
  3. ↑ Architect: August Stehmann; Extension buildings: Walter Meissner (1920), Max Steinmüller (1934).
  4. ^ Leipziger Adreß-Buch 1900. (Signature: Hist.Sax.H.1390-1900) , p. 722
  5. ↑ Leipzig Address Book 19012. (Signature: Hist.Sax.H.1390-1901) , p. 775
personal data
SURNAME Petersmann, Josef Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Agram
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1942
Place of death Leipzig