Ferdinand Schöningh

Ferdinand Schöningh (born March 16 1815 in Meppen; died August 18 1883 in Paderborn) was a German bookseller and publisher.

Life

His father was Henricus Jacobus Schöningh (born 10. Januar 1782 in Ootmarsum, Provinz Overijssel; died 6 October 1833 in Meppen) was Amtmann of Amt Meppen, His mother was Josephine Coppenrath (born 19 October 1789 in Münster; died 31 March 1851 in Meppen) was daughter of German bookseller and publisher Joseph Heinrich Coppenrath (1761–1853) in Münster.

Ferdinand Schönigh found German publishing company Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh in Paderborn.[1]

Works of writers of his publishing company were Joseph von Eichendorff, Ferdinand Freiligrath or Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme and Friedrich Wilhelm Weber. Works by Luise Hensel, for example Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh or of Antonie Jüngst were published by his company in Paderborn.

In 1848, Ferdinand Schönigh found weekly newspaper Westfälisches Kirchenblatt für Katholiken. In 1849, he found daily newspaper Westfälisches Volksblatt.

In 1864 Schönigh was member of Soeseter Conferencen in Soest, where the German politicial party Zemtrum was started.

Ferdinand Schönigh married Sophie Overweg (1826–1905) from Soest. Together they had four children: Maria, Ferdinand (1856–1925), Anna und Joseph. His son Ferdinand became later publisher and bookseller of his company.in Paderborn.[2]

References

  1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Schöningh" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ Deutsche-Biographie.de: Ferdinand Schönigh

Further reading

  • Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh 1847–1997, Schöningh, Paderborn 1997.
  • Schöningh sin Dörp, 1876 1976, 100 Jahre Schöninghsdorf, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1976.
  • Schöningh, Ferdinand. In: Rudolf Schmidt: Deutsche Buchhändler. Deutsche Buchdrucker. Band 5. Berlin/Eberswalde 1908, p. 857–861. (Digitalisat bei zeno.org)
  • Wilhelm Schulte: Ferdinand Schöningh . In: Westfälische Köpfe. Aschendorff, Münster 1963, p. 283 f.
  • Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: Die Soester Konferenzen 1864–1866. Zur Vorgeschichte der Zentrumspartei in Westfalen. p. 311 f
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