Julius Baedeker

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Julius Baedeker (born August 21, 1821 in Essen ; † November 22, 1898 there ) was a German publisher , bookseller and editor. He was the son of Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker , founder of GD Baedeker Verlag and city councilor in Essen.

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Tomb as part of the grave of his son-in-law Albert Müller in the Ostfriedhof in Essen

After attending school, Julius Baedeker did an apprenticeship as a bookseller with his eldest brother Karl Baedeker in Koblenz , founder and author of the Baedeker travel guide . He was a member of the Euterpier student association and in 1841 became a member of the Bonner Wingolf . In 1844, Julius and his brother Eduard (1817–1879) took over their parents' business, GD Baedeker Verlag in Essen, which consisted of a bookstore, book publisher and printer and was expanded to include other branches. Julius Baedeker married Clara, née Wilberg (* 1837; † 1923) and in second marriage, Berta née Barth (* December 29, 1826; † October 4, 1856).

Julius was particularly interested in educational authors. In addition, he sponsored the publication of the journal for all natural sciences , the mountain and hut calendar and the engineering calendar . He was also the editor-in-chief of Allgemeine Politische Nachrichten , which was the Essener Zeitung from 1860 to 1882 and from 1883 to 1944, after merging with the Westfälische Zeitung , the Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitung . This paper had already been founded in 1738 as the latest Essendische Nachrichten von Staats- und Academensachen . Julius Baedeker was head of the newspaper until 1883 and head of the publishing house until 1894.

Julius Baedeker was buried in the cemetery at Kettwiger Tor . When it was abandoned in 1955 for urban planning reasons, his grave was transferred to the Ostfriedhof in Essen as part of the grave of his son-in-law, the banker and secret councilor Albert Müller . He had married Julius' daughter Emmy Baedeker in Essen in 1882.

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Pfau :  Baedeker . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 180-182.
  • Klaus Wisotzki: Book culture in the middle of industry. 225 years GD Baedeker in Essen . Ed .: Dorothea Bessen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1999, ISBN 978-3-88474-786-5 .
  • Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 3 . Reimer, Berlin 1900, p. 163 .
  • Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 .

Web links

  • Baedeker, family. In: Rudolf Schmidt: German booksellers. German book printer . Volume 1. Berlin / Eberswalde 1902, pp. 18-21. Zeno org

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julius Baedeker †, in Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitung of November 23, 1898
  2. ↑ a b Barbara Gerstein:  Müller, Albert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 345 f. ( Digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Baedeker, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, bookseller and editor
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1898
Place of death eat