Back to search results

Veit, Moritz

Enlarge text Shrink text

Dr. Moritz Veit (1808 Dessau - 1864 Bonn), was a German publisher, politician, writer, and communal leader. A member of the wealthy Veit family of Berlin, Moritz studied philosophy, history, and philology at the University of Berlin (1825-1832) and earned his doctorate in Jena in 1833. Veit also played an active part in public life such as chairman of the German publishers' organization (Börsenverein) from 1853 to 1861, and member of the Prussian House of Representatives. An elder of the Berlin Jewish community (1839–48), he was later chairman of its council. Veit developed communal schools and institutions, and drafted the 1860 statutes of the community --

Reference Code
P47
Dates
1813-1889
Consists of
32 files..
Languages
German;
Description
The collection of the Veit family mainly includes documents by and about Moritz Veit, such as personal documents, private letters, articles, administrative correspondence from his public activities.;Furthermore the collection contains documents from and about the following members of the family: Philip and Caroline Veit - parents of Moritz; Salomon Veit - brother of Philip Veit, father of Caroline; David Veit - brother of Philip, uncle of Moritz; Simon Veit - brother of Philip, uncle of Moritz, who was married to Dorothea Mendelssohn for a few years; Uhde Philip Veit - brother of Moritz; Henriette and Herman (Hirsch) Simon-Veit - sister and brother-in-law of Moritz; Johanna Veit - wife of Moritz Veit (Johanna and Moritz Veit remained childless); Johann (es) (before Jonas was baptized) and Flora Veit - son and daughter-in-law of Simon and Dorothea Veit-Mendelssohn, nephew of Philip Veit who was a successful painter in Rome; Philipp Veit-Mendelssohn - son of Simon and Dorothea Veit-Mendelssohn; Joseph Lehfeldt (formerly Levy) - son-in-law of Moritz Veit's cousin and initially his business partner.
Title Veit, Moritz.
Contributors Philipp,Veit 1793-1877
Simon,Veit 1754-1819
Dorothea von,Schlegel 1764-1839
Israel JuliusElkan
JosephLehfeldt
Michael (1808-1864)Sachs
Prussia (Kingdom). Landtag. Haus der Abgeordneten
Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin
Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler zu Leipzig (Germany)
Notes Veit-Simon Family Collection at LBI, AR 4015
Host Item Veit, Moritz - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Moritz Veit (1808 Dessau –1864 Bonn), was a German publisher, politician, and communal leader. A member of the wealthy Veit family of Berlin, Moritz studied philosophy, history, and philology at the University of Berlin (1825-1832) and earned his doctorate in Jena in 1833. His father, the businessman Philipp Veit (1758–1838), ran a hospitable house in Berlin. Heinrich Heine also took part in the “Thursday evenings” there. In 1834 Veit founded his own publishing house with Joseph Levy (later Joseph Lehfeldt) Veit & Company. They published authors such as L. Ranke, J.G. Fichte, A. von Chamisso, and F.C. von Savigny. After the death of his partner in 1858, Veit sold his shares and later on, in 1919 Veit & Company became the Walter de Gruyter publishing house.
Veit also played an active part in public life such as chairman of the German publishers' organization (Börsenverein) from 1853 to 1861, and a member of the Berlin municipal council for 20 years. He was elected to the 1848 Frankfurt Parliament, and after the revolution Veit was again one of the few Jewish representatives in the first chamber of the Prussian Parliament (1851)
later, as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives (1858–61. An elder of the Berlin Jewish community (1839–48), he was later chairman of its council. Veit developed communal schools and institutions, and drafted the 1860 statutes of the community. He was married to Johanna Elkan (1807–1889) from Weimar, the daughter of the banker Israel Julius Elkan.
Ownership history From Gesamtarchiv
Language Note Most handwritten documents are written in German Kurrent (German cursive handwriting)

National Library system number 990042739770205171
Links פרטים על מיקום החומר/Location&access
      1. Show Next 10 Items out of 480
      2. Show All

תנאי השימוש:

Appropriate Conditions of Use Have Been Established for Every Archive File

The terms of use appear on the archival file page on the National Library website.

For more information about the copyright status inquiry service and terms of use for items from the Library’s collections, click here.

MARC RECORDS

Have more information? Found a mistake?