Julius bagel
Julius Bagel (born March 10, 1826 in Wesel , † April 10, 1900 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a German bookseller , publisher and printer owner .
Live and act
Julius Bagel was the youngest son of Johann Bagel (1775–1855) and his wife Susanne Scholl (1779–1852). His father had founded a bookbinding shop in Wesel in 1801, which, after being expanded to include a paper mill and a printing shop, grew into an important medium-sized company.
In 1854 Julius Bagel left the family company that had been operating under the name “A. Bagel ”from his older brother Peter August Bagel . He settled in Mülheim an der Ruhr and started his own bookseller in 1855. In 1858 he expanded his business to include a printer and a publishing house. In addition to business books, he published children's books and fiction, such as the German first edition of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables . From 1855 he was also a co-owner of the Rhein- und Ruhrzeitung published in Duisburg .
After the death of his wife in 1891, Julius Bagel gradually withdrew from active business life and left the company management to his son Julius Bagel junior .
Marriage and offspring
In 1856 he married Ferdinande Dreibholtz (1836-1891). The marriage had four children:
- Caroline Christine Clara (1856–1918) ∞ Joseph Thyssen
- Johanna Wilhelmine Sophie (1858–1930) ∞ Carl Roesch
- Julius (1861–1929) ∞ Helene Winkler
- Antoinette Auguste (1865–1945) ∞ Carl Scholten
literature
- Ilse Barleben : About black and white art. A. Bagel 1801-1951 . Bagel publishing house, Düsseldorf 1951.
- Daniel Mühlenfeld: The publishers of Hugo's « Les Miserables ». The Bagel family of booksellers and newspaper publishers in Mülheim an der Ruhr . In: Horst A. Wessel (Ed.): Mülheim entrepreneurs. Pioneers of the economy. Business history in the city on the river since the end of the 18th century . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2006, pp. 137–152, ISBN 3-89861-645-2 .
- Karl Friedrich Pfau : Bagel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 185 f.
Other sources
- City Archives Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1550 No. 198
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1391 no.6
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bagel, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller, publisher and printer owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wesel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1900 |
| Place of death | Mülheim an der Ruhr |