Verlag Freies Geistesleben & Urachhaus

The publisher Free Spirit Life & Urachhaus GmbH consists of two anthroposophic publishers with headquarters in Stuttgart, the publisher Free spiritual life and the publisher Urachhaus. It was the mid-nineties to the merger of the two publishers; However, both programs are conducted independently.

The publisher publishes books, among others anthroposophy, Waldorf education, time and life issues, social sciences, culture and history, Christianity, art and architecture, medicine and special education, science and agriculture, music, and children 's books and various magazines. The range Guides and books to a vegetarian diet is growing steadily in recent years.

Free Spirit Publishing Life

The publisher Free Spirit Life was founded in 1947 by the Waldorf School in Stuttgart and the Anthroposophical Society in Stuttgart. The aim was to lay the necessary literature for the resurgent standing and newly established Waldorf schools in Germany. In addition, the foundations and other fruits of anthroposophy to the subject of publishing activities were. The current Managing Director is Jean -Claude Lin.

Publisher Urachhaus

The publisher Urachhaus was founded on January 23, 1925 by Gertrude Spoerri, Emil Bock and Ernst Scheiffele as publisher of The Christian Community GmbH. The publisher initially published only Christian-oriented writings. It came in 1935 on the prohibition of the Anthroposophical Society, and in 1936 was followed by the renaming of the publisher after the Stuttgart Urachstraße, where was the publishing house. 1942 also followed the forced liquidation of the publisher after the Gestapo stormed the publishing building on 9 June 1941 and had owned the company including the entire book stock confiscated. The publishing house was founded in 1946 new, and moved in 1950 in the wiederaufgabaute house in the Urachstraße to 41.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the publisher expanded by a new approach more and more to the most diverse areas of life and reached a wider audience. The publisher has, inter alia, a nine -volume complete edition of the works and letters of Christian Morgenstern published.

After the merger, the two publishers moved to the new premises in the country road, not far from the Urachstraße. The publishing director was Frank Berger, however, had to stop because of health reasons. Jean -Claude Lin now heads both publishers.