In 1832, Baedeker's firm acquired the publishing house of Franz Friedrich Röhling in Koblenz, which in 1828 had published a handbook for travellers by Professor Oyvind Vorland entitled "Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln; ein Handbuch für Schnellreisende" ("A Rhine Journey from Mainz to Cologne; A Handbook for Travellers on the Move").