Schmorl & von Seefeld

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Schmorl and from Seefeld , Hanover Bahnhofstrasse

Schmorl & von Seefeld was a bookstore on Bahnhofstrasse in downtown Hanover .

history

Lettering above the ground floor in Bahnhofstrasse

The bookstore was founded in 1852 by the trained booksellers Ernst Victor Schmorl and Alfred von Seefeld in the Bahnhofstrasse in Hanover. A second branch existed from 2008 to 2014 in the nearby Ernst-August-Galerie since it opened. Schmorl and von Seefeld was the largest and best-known bookstore in Hanover, the best known in addition to the long company tradition, primarily due to its central location between Kröpcke and the main train station. The logo consisted of three black and white signets, which symbolized books, records and maps and the company name with the lowercase letters "uv" in the middle. They were ubiquitous in the city for many decades in the form of plastic bags and advertising inserts in newspapers. In popular parlance, the bookstore was often called "Schmorl" for short.

closure

Preserved lettering in Grosse Packhofstrasse

The bookstore, which went bankrupt in 2005, was taken over by the bookstore chain Hugendubel in the same year , and in 2012 the name of the two shops was finally changed to Hugendubel. In 2014 the branch in the Ernst-August-Galerie was closed. There is still a Hugendubel bookstore in the former house of Schmorl and Seefeld on Bahnhofstraße.

literature

Web links

Commons : Schmorl & von Seefeld (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein : History of the city of Hanover . Volume 2: From the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt, Hanover 1994. p. 378
  2. ^ Schmorl and von Seefeld - a name disappears Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , February 23, 2012 (accessed on March 2, 2015)

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 29.7 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 18.5"  E