Schropp Land & Map
| Schropp Land & Karte GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1742 |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| management | Regine Kiepert |
| Branch | Book publisher , geography |
| Website | www.landkartenschropp.de |
The Schropp Land & Karte GmbH is a bookstore in Berlin . Its history goes back to 1742.
history
In April 1742, Simon Schropp received permission from the Prussian king to trade in maps . Business prospects were good: Frederick II had great military and civilian ambitions , which required correct topographical information about his own and neighboring countries. The bourgeoisie also needed reliable maps for their commercial transactions. The business successes expected did not materialize at first. French specialists dominated the card production; local surveyors and map-makers were rarely commissioned. As publishers of maps, atlases and plans, the Dutch and South German officers were still unchallenged in their market positions. At that time, the map trade was hampered by many restrictions (for example, all foreign maps had to be stamped for a fee) and from 1748 onwards it was controlled by the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences . Map dealers like Simon Schropp tried to get around the restrictive regulations of the academy in order to make more profit.
After the death of Friedrich II. In 1786, restrictions were largely ignored and the private map trade, in which the Simon Schropp & Co. company had an outstanding share, flourished. The Simon Schropp & Co. company was based in the Mildbrädtschen house on the corner of Königs-Strasse and Heilige Geiststrasse.
In addition to maps, copperplate engravings , aquatints, paper and toys, and later geographical literature were also sold. Towards the end of the 18th century, Simon Schropp & Co. were among the leading map publishers and dealers in Prussia. Berlin developed into the center of Prussian cartography . Schropp was in close contact with many experts, such as Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann , the royal geographer at the Academy of Sciences. Some of the most important maps of Prussian countries and cities were published and distributed by Schropp.
Floor plan of Berlin, recorded and drawn with the permission of the Königl. Academy of Sciences of JCSelter. Published by Simon Schropp et Comp 1826. Corrected in 1841.
From 1804 to 1854, Schropp & Co. published 24 editions of J. C. Selter's large Berlin plan . Other important draftsmen such as Daniel Gottlieb Rebmann, Vogel von Falkenstein or Sineck also published their plans at Schropp & Co.
At the peak of his business life, Schropp was awarded the title of academic map dealer in 1802 . For the important cartographer Hermann Berghaus , Schropp was "the only big map dealer that exists in Europe". Schropp claimed to satisfy all the needs of the “lovers of geography and related sciences”. "For the greater convenience of the gentlemen buyers, we take care of drawing the maps on canvas, or otherwise having them set up according to everyone's wishes", it says in the product range catalogs at the beginning of the 19th century.
Between 1810 and 1813, after taking over the publishing rights for the globes from Christian Gottlieb Riedig from Leipzig , Schropp & Co. began its publishing program for globes and astronomical devices.
After Simon Schropp's death, his partner Johann Hoffmann bought a house at Jägerstrasse 24, the new company headquarters. In 1822 Hoffmann separated from the Schropps company and founded his own business.
Simon Schropps son Leopold took no part in the management. The managing director was Wilhelm Tuch, who took over the company in 1842. He kept the promotional name Schropp & Co. and expanded the range. Earth and celestial globes , atlases and school wall maps as well as a wide variety of plans - from hiking maps to special geological maps - were also sold .
In the 19th century, “private pleasure trips” experienced a boom. Companies emerged like that of Karl Baedeker , who published his first Rhine journey in 1832 . The travel-loving public demanded ever more and ever better tickets, which Schropp & Co. delivered quickly and competently.
From the middle of the 19th century until 1878, Schropp belonged to the Beringuier family, children-in-law of the previous owner. The Beringuiers were Huguenots who had lived in Berlin since the end of the 18th century . In 1880 J. H. Neumann took over the company, which soon had over 100 employees. Schropp & Co. continued to expand. The company moved several times and the managing directors changed several times. At the beginning of the 20th century, Ernst Neumann - who carried the title of purveyor to the court of the emperor and king - took over the company and successfully continued it in Jägerstrasse in old Berlin as Simon Schroppsche map dealer JH Neumann .
In the early 1940s, the Schroppsche Landkarten- und Lehrmittelanstalt , as it was now called, can be found at Dorotheenstrasse 53.
On one of the last nights of bombing in Berlin, in April 1945, the Schropp map station was also hit. Any cards and books that did not burn were confiscated by the Soviet troops . All that remained was the good name of the company.
Recent history after 1945
There was a new beginning under Walter Ludwig. City maps of Berlin and maps of Brandenburg were moved. In 1955 Schropp's travel guide for Berlin was published .
“The Schropp'sche Landkartenanstalt is one of the few companies that have been active in Berlin for centuries and have become such a small piece of Berlin history. It was therefore no coincidence that she appeared on the scene with this travel guide, it was not by chance that she tried to keep a popular price and to appeal to all circles from and outside Berlin. "
The geographer and bookseller Regine Kiepert, who took over the company in 1979, ensured consolidation and a successful continuation of the company's history . The bookstore founded by the Kiepert family after the Second World War was at times the largest in Berlin.
After the Second World War, Schropp wandered through Berlin, finding a place together with the bookstore Struppe & Winkler on Potsdamer Strasse . A short time later, the Schropp'sche Landkartenanstalt moved into its own 200 m² shop at Potsdamer Strasse 100, a former bank.
Because the rent was increased by 400 percent after the political change , Schropp first moved to Friedenau , to Breslauer Platz and in 1998 to Schöneberg at Potsdamer Straße 129. In 2003 the Schropp'sche Landkartenanstalt was renamed Schropp Land & Karte GmbH .
The homeowner filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and the apartment building was foreclosed. The new owner of the house quit and Schropp had to move again. Since October 2008 the bookstore has been located near the Technical University and the University of the Arts at Hardenbergstrasse 9a.
range
The Schropp range includes around 20,000 travel guides from all regions, special maps, hiking and cycling maps, atlases, compasses , GPS devices and globes. Special maps and travel guides are often obtained from small domestic and international publishers. In the bookstore's workshop, customers can have their wall maps drawn up, framed or laminated .
Others
In 2012, Schropp Land & Karte was awarded the German Bookstore Award (Category: Special Bookstore ), and in 2016 the German Bookstore Award for “Outstanding Bookstore”.
Regine Kiepert is a member of the jury for the ITB Book Awards .
literature
- Claus Calaminus et al. : 250 years of Schropp in Berlin - 1742–1992 . Kiepert 1992
- Schropp'sche Landkartenanstalt u. Specialist bookstore. 225 years in and for Berlin. Selection directory for maps and Travel Guide. Berlin: Schropp'sche Landkartenanst. u. Specialist book. (1967). VII, 36 p .; Catalog number in the State Library: Of 877 no. 44
Web links
- Regine Kiepert: Berliners up close - Measuring the world . In: Berliner Kurier , November 4, 2013
- Company website
- Catalog card for the book about the history of the publisher
- Literature by and about Schropp Land & Karte in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Schropp Land & Karte in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Andrea Löffler: A journey around the globe. In: Märkische Oderzeitung , March 28, 2012.
- ↑ Holy Spirit Street . In: Karl Neander von Petersheiden: Illustrative Tables , 1799, I, p. 48 (A publisher or a Schropp family is not noted in 1799).
- ↑ Beringuier, A. (b cloth) . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1877, I, p. 49 (Beringuier, A., residing at Blumenthalstrasse 18, widow).
- ^ Simon Schroppsche map dealer . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1905, I, p. 1907.
- ↑ Schropp'sche ... institution . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, I, p. 2715.
- ↑ a b c d story of Schropp on www.boersenblatt.net
- ^ German bookstore award
- ↑ ITB Book Awards 2015 - Curtain up: The winners. In: Buchhandlung Schropp Land & Karte in Berlin is moving. In: boersenblatt.net , October 23, 2008; accessed on January 14, 2015.
- ^ ITB Book Awards 2016: The winners . In: buchmarkt.de , January 14, 2016.
- ↑ ITB Book Awards 2016 - publisher Wolfgang Kunth honored for his life's work. In: boersenblatt.net , January 15, 2016
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 34 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ E