Karl Baedeker junior

Karl Baedeker junior (born January 25, 1837 in Koblenz ; † May 12, 1911 in the Kennenburg Sanatorium near Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German publisher .

Karl Baedeker junior was the son of the publisher Karl Baedeker (1801-1859). Karl took over his father's publishing house in 1861 after his older brother Ernst (1833–1861) had died at the age of 28 after only three years at the head of the publishing house. Karl had been a partner since 1859. After the first Baedeker appeared in English in 1861 , he expanded this area. In 1869 the younger brother Fritz (1844–1925) also became a partner in the publishing house. The two brothers gave up their father's bookstore in 1870 and relocated the publishing house to Leipzig in 1872.

After seven years, Karl had to retire from the management of the publishing house in 1878 at the age of 40 due to a mental illness, Fritz now became the sole owner of the publishing house. Karl lived in the Kennenburg Sanatorium near Esslingen from 1884 until his death.

Karl Baedeker was also known as an alpinist . In 1863 he was there for the first ascent of the Silberhorn in the Bernese Alps and in 1864 for the first ascent of the Ruderhofspitze .

Karl Baedeker's tomb at the main cemetery in Koblenz (left)

Karl Baedeker is buried in his father's grave in the main cemetery in Koblenz .

literature

• L. Laurence Boyle: Karl Baedeker II . In: Reiseleben Heft 7, 1983, pp. 2-5 ( online ).
• Alex W. Hinrichsen: Karl Baedeker II as a mountaineer . In Reiseleben Heft 7, 1983, pp. 22-26 ( online ).
• Alex W. Hinrichsen: Baedeker's Travel Guides 1832–1990. Bibliography 1832-1944; Listing 1948-1990. History of the publishing house . 2nd Edition. 2008, pp. 31-35. 49 ( online ).