5-530: The Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger was a daily newspaper published in Berlin, with one of the highest national circulations of its time. Its publisher was newspaper magnate August Scherl , who also owned Die Woche , an illustrated weekly. . After 1916 the newspaper was owned by Alfred Hugenberg . This German newspaper-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . August Scherl August Scherl (24 July 1849 – 18 April 1921)
10-470: The widely popular magazine Die Gartenlaube . As a result his publishing company had the largest circulation of any in Germany at the time. In 1909 he developed a monorail system for Germany in his book A New Rapid Transit System . His expensive newspaper projects were not economically successful, so in 1913, Scherl informed Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg that he was going to sell his company's shares. The company
15-471: Was a German newspaper magnate . August Hugo Friedrich Scherl founded a newspaper and publishing concern on 1 October 1883, which from 1900 carried the name August Scherl Verlag . He was editor of the Berlin Local Advertiser ( Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger ) since 3 November 1883, and his publishing house started the weekly magazine Die Woche (The Week) in 1899. In 1904 he took over publication of
20-613: Was eventually purchased by Baron Simon Alfred Franz Emil von Oppenheim and the Cologne financier Louis Hagen of Deutscher Verlagsverein with financing of 8 million marks. On February 5, 1914, Scherl resigned from the management, selling his shares in the German Publishers Association. His nationwide newspaper empire was taken over by Alfred Hugenberg in 1916, and later by Max Amann ( Franz-Eher-Verlag ). The Generalanzeiger -Presse (General Advertiser Press) in Germany
25-666: Was founded by Scherl. Scherl was born in Düsseldorf . As a boy, he lived with his parents in Naunynstrasse, but in later life he remained in the central district of Berlin. He died in Berlin and is buried at the Luisenstadt cemetery. He had a villa constructed in Dahlem in secret, in order to surprise his wife. When she made a derogatory comment about the building, when driving past it, Scherl had
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