Karl Baedeker - Hinrichsen Index

Hinrichsen Index

In 1981, Alex Hinrichsen, the Baedeker guides bibliographer, produced an easy to understand numbering system for all Baedeker travel guides and handbooks published since the 1828 Rheinreise which has the number D000. He revised and updated the list in 1991. Hinrichsen's referencing is akin to that of Ludwig Ritter von Köchel's index of Mozart's works, in as much as Baedeker guides are often referred to by their Hinrichsen number à la Köchel/Mozart. According to Hinrichsen's numbering system, which starts with the D000 edition, the number of Baedekers he has listed, in German, English and French, is just eight short of 1000 i.e. 500 in German, 266 in English and 226 in French.