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(Not to be confused with painter Georg Reimer.)

Georg Andreas Reimer.

Georg Andreas Reimer (born August 27, 1776 in Greifswald, † April 26, 1842[1] in Berlin) was a German publisher.[2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Andreas_Reimer

Life

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Reimer grew up in Greifswald as the son of a merchant. In 1790 he began his apprenticeship in the Greifswald branch of the Berlin bookseller and music publisher Gottlieb August Lange. In 1795, he became managing director of the parent company in Berlin. In 1800, he took over the management of the bookstore of the Royal Secondary School in Berlin, which was founded in 1749 and which operated as "Reimersche Buchhandlung", meaning "Reimer Bookstore". Reimer terminated the existing lease agreement and bought the bookstore in 1822.

In the years that followed, he expanded the traditional range of school books to include German-language literature as well as humanities titles from theology, philosophy, classical studies, as well as scientific and mathematical titles. Reimer rose to become one of the most important and successful publishers in Germany. He added his own printing shop to the publishing house and bought other publishers and bookstores, including the Weidmannsche Buchhandlung in Leipzig.

The Georg Reimer publishing house achieved a high level of popularity among the literary public due to its collaboration with well-known authors of German Romanticism: Achim von Arnim, Novalis, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Jean Paul, Heinrich von Kleist, August Wilhelm Schlegel and Friedrich Schlegel, Ludwig Tieck,[3] Ernst Moritz Arndt, Adolph Diesterweg, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Wilhelm von Humboldt[4] and the Brothers Grimm. The close and friendly collaboration with Friedrich Schleiermacher was particularly important. In addition, Reimer established close contacts with the University of Berlin and other scientific institutions, which gave the publisher a high academic reputation. After Reimer's death, the publishing house was continued by his son Georg Ernst Reimer.

Reimer was politically involved in the Prussian reform movement and joined the Berlin Lawless Society in 1809. During Napoleon's occupation of Berlin, he offered shelter in his house to Prussian soldiers and opposition figures wanted by the occupying power, including Ernst Moritz Arndt. He took an active part in the wars of liberation in 1813/14. In 1816, Reimer bought the representative Sackensche Palais on Wilhelmstrasse, which became a meeting point for Berlin salon life. His publishing house published various political writings in which liberal and national positions were represented. Therefore, Reimer was subjected to state reprisals during the Restoration period.

Resting Place

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Reimer is buried in an honorary grave in Berlin at Trinity Churchyard II. Reimer left behind an extensive collection of paintings that he had assembled from 1814 onwards and which included many works by Dutch painters and, worth noting, Caspar David Friedrich.

In 1800 in Berlin he married Wilhelmine Reinhardt (1784–1864), daughter of Karl August Reinhardt, pastor in Magdeburg. The Reimer couple had 16 children, the following survived infancy:

 
Theodor Mommsen, Circa 1896.
 
Karl Reimer, Circa 1871.

Literature Published

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Kurt Gassen: Georg Andreas Reimer. In: Pomeranian life profile the III. Saunier, Stettin 1939, pp. 226–242.

Doris Reimer: Passion & Calculation. The publisher Georg Andreas Reimer (1776–1842). de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016643-7.

Roger Töpelmann: Romantic friendship and piety: letters from the Berlin publisher Georg Andreas Reimer to Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher. Weidmann, Hildesheim 1999, ISBN 3-615-00210-5.

Doris Fouquet-Plümacher: Every new idea can start a world fire: Georg Andreas Reimer and the Prussian censorship during the Restoration. Accounting Association, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-7657-1410-0.

Fritz Jonas: Reimer, Georg Andreas. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 709–712.

Matthias Wolfes: Georg Andreas Reimer. In: Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8, columns 1116–1126.

Hans-Christof Kraus: Reimer, Georg Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4, p. 338 f. (digital version).

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References

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  1. ^ "DNB Bookviewer". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. ^ "Briefwechsel und Tagebücher | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  6. ^ "Theodor Mommsen", Wikipedia, 2023-12-15, retrieved 2023-12-31
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