Wat rivet in Baedeker state

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"Het boek van Den Haag", front cover (linen cover)

Wat niet im Baedeker Staat was a series of books published from 1930 to 1932 by the Amsterdam publishing house AJG Strengholt, which saw itself as an alternative description of Dutch provinces and cities in the feuilletonistic style. Of the at least a dozen volumes originally planned, only 3 city volumes were published.

Issue occasion

Probably the German-language series " Was nicht im 'Baedeker' ", which was published in 17 volumes from 1927 to 1938 by Piper Verlag Munich, stimulated the Amsterdam publisher AJG Strengholt in cooperation with the Dutch tourist association (Algemeene Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer) to publish their own series of the same name Wat niet in Baedekerstaat . Ultimately, however, only volumes were published that presented the capital of the country, the seat of parliament and government as well as the then largest Dutch, now also European, port city in words and pictures. In the Baedeker original they were included in the German edition "Holland" (26th edition) from 1927. Due to the size of the book, the information provided there had to be limited to what was essential for the traveler. So the series should provide the interested tourist with additional knowledge and background information in a literarily appealing form, in addition to the brief explanations in Baedeker and other travel guides.

expenditure

“Het boek van Amsterdam”, 1st edition (1930), series planning

Planned expenses

Originally, significantly more volumes were planned by the publisher. In the first edition of “Het Boek van Amsterdam” alone 10 follow-up titles, including the two actually published volumes on Rotterdam and The Hague, were announced on the front book cover as being in preparation and there was even a continuation note “etc.” for the series set. The planned volumes included titles such as “Oude [Alte] Zuiderzee -Plaatsen”, “Nederland's Waterkant ”, “ Friesland ” and “ Utrecht (provincie) ”. If all volumes had been realized, the series could almost have kept pace with the German-language sister series.

Text content of the published editions

  • Preliminary remarks

In contrast to the Piper series, in which only exceptionally more than one author per volume had their say, in the three Dutch series volumes articles from different authors were put together kaleidoscopically by the respective editors and illustrated in the first two volumes alongside the predominant drawings also photos the literary representations. The volume for Rotterdam even only contains photographs. As far as can be seen, a draftsman of the German series can also be found in the Dutch counterpart: Emery Kelen . In addition to the first edition of Amsterdam, the texts were each preceded by a foreword by the then incumbent mayor of the city described. At the end of the books, a text titled “Wegwijzer” (signpost) provides a small cross-section through the respective corporate landscape of the city, which also penetrates into non-tourist areas if these are only typical or significant for the place.

Equipment deficiencies include the lack of page references in the table of contents, which entails a somewhat cumbersome article search, and the absence of a place and subject index - these in turn delivered the "Baedeker" cited in the series title despite their naturally limited scope. Even the German series counterpart “What is not in the 'Baedeker'” mostly came up with this book set and could therefore actually have served as a model.

“Het boek van Amsterdam”, 1st edition, title page
  • Amsterdam

The co-editor Molly Keizer-Prins is the journalist Alice Prins who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944 and who shared the sad fate of her professional colleague Ludwig Hirschfeld from the Piper series. In addition to the foreword by Mayor de Vlugt, the declaration of love for the city of van Wermeskerken and the obligatory signpost at the end of the book, 18 articles present the reader with the most important facts and information about Amsterdam, its capital city life and its formative personalities in 18 articles . Amsterdam is presented as the city of the arts (CF van Dam), sports (HA Meerum Terwogt) and modern urban planning (Hessel Jongsma). Lizzy Ansingh also invites you to a visit to the Rijksmuseum with its treasures of Dutch art ( Rembrandt , Jan Vermeer , Frans Hals and others), Amsterdam's reputation as a city of music, which was sometimes contested at the time, by the composer Max Tak, or Amsterdam from the waterside to the famous Explore canals and not leave out Amsterdam's harbor (Willi Leviticus). The physical well-being of the tourist visitor and his desire for diversion in restaurants, bars and clubs is paid tribute to the book title with an introduction to Amsterdam cuisine by JH Speenhoff and short sketches of the most interesting establishments for going out in the evening by Piet Kloppers .

  • The Hague ('s-Gravenhage)

After Mayor Bosch's foreword and an opening photo of the famous knight's hall , in which the Dutch king still reads his annual speeches from the throne , Melis invites Stoke to go out with a humorous text in the city, which officially isn't such, because you are Status was never bestowed. This follows u. a. a psychogram of its residents, which the Hague journalist Jan Campert dared to create , and a description of The Hague as a place of residence by Jan Feith, who decorated his text mainly with silhouette-like images himself. Then the reader will find the “Staatsdiener” (Jan Walch), the Möwen vom Hofvijver (D'Artillac Brill), the “ young women ” (Hans Martin) and, on almost 30 pages, the local writers and artists of all genres, such as Willem Kloos ( Poet), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (architect), Peter van Anrooy (composer / conductor) or Vilmos Huszár (painter / graphic artist). The traditional seaside resort of The Hague, Scheveningen , with illustrations by Pim Mulier and Sierk Schröder, is described by Pim Mulier under his pseudonym Pim Pernel. Joh. W. Broedelet presents under the title “The youngest pearl on The Hague's bathing cap” and with 4 funny caricatures, illustrating the Kijkduin district as a hip, new seaside resort. There is even an English-language chapter entitled “Flood Lights on the Hague” (van Deventer). It comes up with specific tips for tourists from the island . Before this volume finally comes to an end with a guide through The Hague, the publisher added a chapter with correspondence between the authors under the title "From Baedeker's paper basket", which is intended to illustrate the difficulties in putting the texts together for such a book .

  • Rotterdam

The text part of this book is preceded by a compilation of small declarations of love for the city in letter form (“Why do I love Rotterdam?”) From more or less well-known Rotterdamers, such as the feminist Elizabeth Baelde, the politician Suze Groeneweg or the lawyer and councilor Jacques Dutilh.
Because Rotterdam already had an international reputation as - after Hamburg - the second largest port in continental Europe at the time, the description of this transhipment point for sea freight from MJ Busse is at the beginning of the series of articles. This is followed by essays by a further 11 authors who show the reader a wide range of tourist attractions. Like Amsterdam, Rotterdam also had a diverse musical life back then, which PJ Blog goes into. As a city of cinema lovers with the most cinemas in the Netherlands describes the film journalist CJ van Graadt rye Rotterdam and the beginning of his article has pointed out that this statement lacks in Baedeker. In fact, the already mentioned Holland-Baedeker from 1927 only touched on the theater and concert life of the city (p. 49), which is illuminated in this series volume by JM IJssel de Schepper-Becker. In addition to the cover illustration, Charles Albert Cocheret also contributes a small article to the Rotterdam volume on the musical life of the Rotterdam Zoo , which featured a wide range of concerts in the summer months. In the subsequent description of sporting life, HA Meerum Terwogt finally has a say.

advertising

At the end of the volumes there are always about a dozen or more pages with advertisements from mostly local companies. These company entries, some with elaborate graphics and photos, reflect the economic and cultural history of the places. While a large part of the clients came from the hotel and catering industry as well as the art trade, which only had time and place-related significance, there are also advertising entries that protrude beyond this and from companies that are still working today or until recently with z. T. came from regional importance. A selection of these is listed below. The footnotes contain corresponding references to their entries in the Dutch Wikipedia for most of the companies and institutions discussed in the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam.

  • Amsterdam

With a full-page photo advertisement of their factory building, the diamond grinding shop IJ Asscher drew attention to an old and famous craftsmanship in Amsterdam. The Fokker -Werke, founded in Berlin-Johannisthal in 1912 and based in the Netherlands since 1919, was temporarily the only Dutch manufacturer of commercial aircraft until its bankruptcy in 1996 and drew attention to its safe, comfortable and fast aircraft with elegant aircraft graphics. The noble Amstelhotel , built on the Amstel , has hosted well-known guests since 1867 , which only comes up with a simple text ad. The theater, acquired in 1927 by Jacques van Hoven, the husband of Rika Hopper, one of the grandes dames of the Dutch theater, hosted theater and operetta performances as well as artistic evenings as the "Rika Hopper Theater". From 1888 to 1956, the North Dutch Tramway Company (Noord-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij) carried its passengers in the Waterland region in the north of Amsterdam and advertised with a half-page advertisement in the form of a reduced, but barely readable poster. Even today, the Peek & Cloppenburg department store continues to attract the capital's fashion-conscious clientele and its magnificent building on Dam 5, today the headquarters of Madame Tussauds , is in the spotlight in its advertisement . And finally, on the back of the second edition, André JH Ceurvorst advertised the purchase of a Plymouth automobile, which at the time was available from 2,070 guilders.

  • The hague

The Hague municipal energy company GEB was among the advertisers with the offer of special tariffs for household and business, as well as the "Maison Krul", one from 1903 to 1970 in Noordeinde 44-46, in the vicinity of the official seat of the Dutch monarchy , inviting confectionery shop . The photographer and leading exponent of pictorialism , Henri Berssenbrugge , promoted his studio for portrait and landscape photography . Among the advertisers in the volume of The Hague - unusual for a travel guide - there is even an undertaker, the company "Innemee & Zonen" (today: Monuta Innemee ) founded in 1887 . The building of the “Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp” ( Königlicher Kunstsaal Kleykamp ), which Queen Wilhelmina had given the title “royal” in 1920 and for which Pieter and Ermina Kleykamp were still advertising here, had a special fate . During the Second World War the German occupiers established the headquarters of the Central Register of Residents here. The arrest of resistance fighters in particular was only possible on the basis of its holdings. After several unsuccessful requests from Dutch resistance fighters at first, it was finally bombed and destroyed by the British Royal Air Force on April 11, 1944 , which also drowned the inventory of personal files.

  • Rotterdam

The "Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart NV", which was founded by Fritz Thyssen before November 9, 1918 and later worked for the August Thyssen Bank until 1960, advertises in the port city . The company "Fop Smit's Watertochtjes" ( water trips), which emerged from the undertakings of the owner and shipbuilder Fop Smit (1777–1866), was looking for full-page passengers for its detailed express connections between most Dutch port cities, as well as the company "Wambersie & Zoon", which, however, was much more modest, only with a picture of a ship. Furthermore, the time in the making Villa Dijkzigt based "People's Universiteit te Rotterdam," the "Rotterdamse Kunstkring" ( Rotterdam Art Circle ) and Arena, the Rotterdam variety attentive, with listings up. Heineken beers were already being drunk a lot and with pleasure as early as 1931, so that the brewery was able to offer its products as - probably in the Netherlands - "most tapped". Two providers offered Buicks and Studebakers to borrow. Finally, in this volume, the municipality also advertises its energy company, double-sided with images of the then very modern, gas-powered household appliances, such as water heaters, stoves and chimneys, and Peek & Cloppenburg is again among the advertisers with a small text ad for this The Rotterdam shop can be found at Hoogstraat 211, where it is still based today.

Equipment and price

The volumes printed on art paper were delivered in flexible linen covers and as cardboard tape with a linen spine for 1.90 and 2.25 guilders, respectively. The bindings were designed by well-known artists, including Han van Meegeren , who later appeared as an art forger . It is very likely that dust jackets with the volume-specific illustration were included with the linen bindings. Otherwise the buyers of this cover variant would have had to do without it from the start. On the front page of the book there are references to the other two series volumes with their authors and the preliminary series plan (first edition in Amsterdam). No bibliographical information is available about the number of copies of the three volumes. Only the book from Amsterdam reached a second edition, after the first was out of print within 2 weeks of publication.

Series title table

title editor Preface Authors (selection) Illustrators Cover designer Cover picture Year of issue Pages
(additional advertising)
The book of Amsterdam Molly Keizer-Prins
A. JG Strengholt 		- Jan J. Zeldenthuis, Molly Keizer-Prins, Aaldrik Jan Georg Strengholt, Max Tak , Bernard van Vlijmen, Henri van Wermeskerken and others. a. Henri Pieck , Jan Gregoire, Jan Lutz, Emery Kelen , Bernard van Vlijmen Jan Sluijters external image
Please note copyrights 		[1930] 199 (25)
Willem de Vlugt Molly Keizer-Prins, Aaldrik Jan Georg Strengholt, Max Tak, Bernard van Vlijmen, Henri van Wermeskerken and others. a. 2nd, revised
edition
[1932] 		183 (11)
Het book van Den Haag Hans Martin,
Eduard Veterman 		Lodewijk Hendrik Nicolaas Bosch van Rosenthal Jan Campert , Ben van Eysselsteijn , Johan Koning, Wouter Loeb, Hans Martin, Pim Pernel, AJG Strengholt, Eduard Veterman, Jan Walch, Wilhelmus Petrus Franciscus van Deventer u. a. Pim Mulier , Sierk Schröder, Eduard Veterman, Jan Eland, Machtel den Hertog Han van Meegeren external image
Please note copyrights 		[1931] 190 (14)
The book of Rotterdam HA Meerum Terwogt
Herman Vlug 		Pieter Droogleever Fortuyn Petrus Johannes Blok , Marie Joseph Brusse, Charles Albert Cocheret, Henri Dekking, Coenraad Jan Graadt van Roggen, HA Meerum Terwogt, Herman Vlug - Charles Albert Cocheret [1931] 181 (19)

literature

  • Peter Rietbergen: De hoge C aan de coolsingel en het ritme van de grootstad . References to Het Boek van Rotterdam ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the Dutch Wikipedia Strengholt Holding for a closer look at the publisher .
  2. ↑ The last English and French-language Baedeker editions with a description of the Netherlands were published as early as 1910 ( Belgium and Holland , Belgique et Hollande ).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Compare the Dutch Wikipedia with Henri van Wermeskerken , Molly Keizer-Prins , Willem de Vlugt , Hans Meerum Terwogt and AJG Strengholt .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Compare the Dutch Wikipedia with Jan Feith , Jan Walch , D'Artillac Brill , Hans Martin , Sierk Schröder , Eduard Veterman , Peter van Anrooy and Hofvijver .
  5. ↑ a b c Compare the Dutch Wikipedia for Suze Groeneweg , Jacques Dutilh and Johanna Maria IJssel de Schepper-Becker .
  6. ↑ Compare the Amsterdam advertising entries IJ Asscher , Rika Hopper , Rika Hopper Theater and Jacques van Hoven , Noord-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij , Madame Tussauds Amsterdam and Dam 5 on the Dutch Wikipedia.
  7. ↑ Compare the Dutch Wikipedia for the advertising entries from The Hague GEB , Maison Krul , Innemee & Zonen and Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp .
  8. ↑ Compare the Dutch Wikipedia for the advertising entries by Rotterdam Fritz Thyssen , Fop Smit , Volks-Universiteit te Rotterdam , GEB and Hoogstraat .
  9. ↑ a b c d The ad is in the advertising section of the 1st edition of the band "Amsterdam" only
  10. ↑ a b The advertisement is in the advertising part of both editions of the band "Amsterdam"
  11. ↑ See the website on automobile history: en Motorrijwielhistorie
  12. ↑ The first names given in the books mostly only with the initials were - as far as can be determined - written out in full for the sake of clarity.
  13. ↑ Sometimes the last page of text remained unnumbered, as did the advertising pages that followed. The page numbers given in the table refer to the actually included printed pages.
  14. ↑ The information in the few entries in library catalogs fluctuates between 1930 and 1931. The Royal Library of the Netherlands in Amsterdam and also the catalog by GJ van der Lek: Brinkman's catalogus van boeken, plaat- en kaartwerken, die in 1926 dead en met 1930 in Nederland zijn uitgegeven of herdrukt, benevens aanvullingen over voorafgaande jaren. In alphabetical volgorde gerangschikt, met vermelding van den uitgever, het jaar van uitgave, het aantal deelen, platen, kaarten en bladzijden, het formaat en den prijs . AW Sijthoff's Uitgeversmij NV, Leiden 1932 (?), P. 380, cite the year 1930, which is therefore also given here.
  15. ↑ This volume shows photos of the Amsterdam harbor on the rear book mirror .
  16. ↑ This volume also has advertising on the back of the book and on the back of the book cover.
  17. ↑ a b This volume also has advertising on the back of the book.
  18. ↑ He held the mayor's office from 1928 to 1938. For more information on Fortuyn , see the Dutch Wikipedia.
  19. ↑ In contrast to the two previous volumes, the book from Rotterdam only contains photographs that do not have an author's note.
  20. ↑ Charles Albert Cocheret, born on September 4, 1880 in Rotterdam, his name was mostly changed to “Ch. A. Cocheret “abbreviated, was from 1913–1957 lecturer for French language and commercial terminology at the Dutch School of Commerce (later: Dutch School of Economics) in Rotterdam. From 1920 he also worked as a secretary at the Romanian Consulate General in Rotterdam. Cocheret was artistically active as a painter and draftsman, he also appeared in journalism. He died on July 31, 1974 at the age of 93 in Rotterdam, where he was buried on August 5, 1974 ( Genealogieonline ).
  21. ↑ The afterword by the two editors on page 138 is signed “Rotterdam, September '31.”.