Konrad Weidling

Konrad Weidling: portrait photo and signature

Konrad Friedrich Richard Weidling (born September 22, 1861 in Berlin ; † April 21, 1911 ) was a German publisher .

Life

Weidling was the son of the publisher Friedrich Weidling and his wife Caroline Charlotte, b. Schulze. He attended the Königliche Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium in Berlin-Charlottenburg and studied literary and art history in Berlin, Munich , Leipzig and Giessen , later law. In 1885 he received his doctorate in Giessen. From 1888 Konrad Weidling was a partner in the Berlin publishing house Haude und Spener , which belonged to his father; In 1890 he took over the publishing house entirely. In the years that followed, he only added a few new titles to the range of publishers, but primarily continued the successful titles "The Staircase Joke of World History" and " Winged Words ". Weidling was also active in the German Booksellers Association and in the Support Association of German Booksellers and Bookstore Assistants. He has written numerous articles on issues relating to the book trade and also published a history of his own publishing house.

Fonts (selection)

• The bookseller's conditional business. A contribution to the rights of the German book trade , Berlin: Haude and Spener 1885 (zugl .: Giessen, Univ., Diss., 1885) ( online ).
• The German book trade and its law . In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel, No. 160, July 14, 1886, pp. 3750-3753 ( online ) and No. 164, July 19, 1886, pp. 3839-3842 ( online ).
• The deposit copy in Germany . In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel, No. 218, September 21, 1887, pp. 4678–4680 ( online ) and No. 222, September 26, 1887, pp. 4787–4790 ( online )
• The Haude and Spenersche bookstore in Berlin in the years 1614–1890 , Berlin: Haude u. Spener 1902.

literature

• Proud past, living present. 325 years of Haude & Spenersche bookstore in Berlin; 1614–1939 , Berlin: Haude & Spener 1939, pp. 83–86.