Karl Friedrich von Jenisch

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Karl Friedrich von Jenisch (born June 29, 1771 in Winterbach (Remstal) , † April 11, 1837 in Augsburg ) was a German bookseller and publisher.

Life

The son of a head forester received good home tuition and then attended high school in Schorndorf . At the age of 14 he started his apprenticeship in the Stagesche bookstore of the Conrad Heinrich Stage in Augsburg . Through diligence and strong business interests, he soon became the company's managing director.

In 1813, Jenisch became the owner of the Stagesche Buchhandlung and renamed it from Jenisch- und Stagesche Buchhandlung . His publishing house published works in German, French, Italian and English. In 1830 he separated the publishing house from the range and handed the bookstore over to his son Carl von Jenisch . After the death of Karl Friedrich von Jenisch on April 11, 1837, the publishing house also passed to his son Carl.

Trial, Death Sentence, and Rescue

At the beginning of 1806, the Steinschen Verlag Nuremberg published the brochure Germany in its deep humiliation without any indication of the author, publisher or printer. It protested in sharp words against the occupation by the Napoleonic troops , who had remained in the country despite the Peace of Pressburg . Twelve copies of this brochure reached the Stagesche Buchhandlung in Augsburg in June 1806. The police became aware of this. During a house search it was found that the brochures had been sent from the Steinschen bookstore in Nuremberg. The police not only informed their superiors, but also the French city commandant of Augsburg, Brigadier General Jean-Gaspard-Pascal René . This informed Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier in Munich, who in turn reported to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris.

On August 5, 1806, the emperor received the direct order from Paris that the booksellers from Nuremberg and Augsburg should be brought to court martial and shot within 24 hours. Von Jenisch and the owner of the Steinschen bookstore in Nuremberg, Johann Philipp Palm , were arrested. Palm was shot dead on August 26, 1806 in Braunau am Inn . Jenisch was also to be transferred to Braunau. On the way there, the Augsburg police director at the time, Ferdinand von Andrian-Werburg, met the transport and arranged for Jenisch to take it to Munich . Like Palm, he was sentenced to death there. But refused King Maximilian Joseph his extradition. In a statement to Louis-Alexandre Berthier, King Karl Friedrich von Jenisch claimed that he was a Bavarian subject. This saved von Jenisch.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Schmidt: German booksellers. German book printer. Contributions to a company history of the German book industry . tape 3 . Verlag der Buchdruckerei Franz Weber, Berlin, Eberswalde 1905, p. 514-515 ( zeno.org [accessed December 29, 2017]).
  2. ↑ General Jean-Gaspard-Pascal René. In: frenchempire.net. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
  3. ^ Christian Meyer: History of the City of Augsburg . Verlag der H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, Tübingen 1907, p. 119 ( google.de [accessed December 29, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Jenisch, Karl Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterbach (Remstal)
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1837
Place of death augsburg