Verlag Herder

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• Manuel Herder, Managing Partner
• Roland Grimmelsmann, Managing Director

The publishing house Herder ( colloquially Herder -Verlag) in Freiburg im Breisgau is a German, formerly lateinischsprachiger book and magazine publisher with traditional Catholic orientation. He devotes himself to focus on the topics of Christian theology, church and religion, spirituality in other religions, education and preschool pedagogy, politics and society and way of life and psychology. The publishing house belongs with its 200 -year tradition of the oldest in Germany. He is a GmbH publishing group Herder, located in six generations in family and foundation possession.

History

As Herder Publishing House, the publisher was founded in 1801 in Meersburg of Bartholomew Herder, soon to Constance, moved in 1810 to Freiburg. Was succeeded by his son Benjamin Herder (1818-1888), who founded the Catholic orientation of the publishing program and preserved by the adversities of Kulturkampf. His son, Hermann Herder sen. (1864-1937), the company expanded successfully and moved the publishing group to its present location. Then initiated Theophil Herder Dorneich (1898-1987) and Hermann Herder the publisher. After severe economic difficulties in the 1990s stands since 1999 Manuel Herder (* 1966) in the sixth generation to head the company. Under his leadership, digital and audio products of the publisher, as well as an online shop created to complement the traditional bookselling business.

Publishing House

The general Herderbau referred to in Freiburg publishing building dominates the district of Freiburg Neuburg. It was built in the years 1910-1912 according to the plans of architect Max Meckel in neo-baroque style and occupies an entire street square. On November 27, 1944, the building is destroyed by the bombing during the British Operation Tiger Fish. Among the victims are 11 - Herder employees to complain. After the printing was printed in the 1950s, a partial edition of the Badische Zeitung, and the delivery was outsourced in the early 1990s, the publisher sold a large part of the publishing building in the state of Baden -Württemberg. The premises are available to the University of Freiburg and be rehabilitated gradually since 2000. There institutes of the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences are mainly housed. In the former paper warehouse, the Exhibition Hall of the Archaeological Collections of the University was established. The publisher itself only uses the south wing of the building complex.

The authors and publisher program

In the publishing appear mainly in kind, professional, church, gift and children's books, biographies and - more recently as an audio book, and since 2008 as an e -book. In addition to the paperback series spectrum and the paperback series premiere, which deal mainly with non-fiction topics related to society and religion, including the Kinderbuchimprint guys to Herder. Lower church books called the Herder Bible is known, the Gospels contains a key for better orientation. Particularly successful in the area of ​​religion currently books by and about Pope Benedict XVI. , Father Anselm Grün and the Dalai Lama. Among the most famous authors of 2008 include the mathematician Albrecht Beutelspacher, the SPD politician Henning Scherf and Franz Müntefering, and journalist Mark Spörrle and Lutz Schumacher with vertical ju before träwelling.

In addition to his book, the publisher Herder program also produces magazines. The Herder Correspondence, the Christian in the present and the voices of the time dedicated to the dialogue between church, culture and modern society. Other Christian or church -oriented formats are the indicators for the care of souls, just living - a letter of Anselm Grün, Ideenwerkstatt worship, worship, and practice of worship, diakonia and Forum World Church. The quarterly magazines Roman quarter Scripture and theology and philosophy turn to the theologically research- specialist audience. In the area of ​​pedagogy Mobile, Discovery box, toddlers and Philip are the magazines kindergarten today issued.

Attention is also drawn to the lexical history of the publishing house. Thus appeared already in 1854 Herder Conversations -Lexikon, one of the major German encyclopedias of the 19th century, which was continued as " The Great Herder " in the 20th century. Also very important is in the area of ​​theology, the Encyclopedia of Theology and Church ( LThK ) until the 90s the multivolume Herder Staatslexikon was in Catholic circles an important reference for topics of politics, economics and society. In publishing the series Ars Antiqua appeared - Great epochs of world art from art - illustrated books and The Great Ploetz.

Especially in the 1980s, also games are in Herder been relocated, some of which were included in the selection list for the game of the year. Since the mid- 1990s games are no longer part of the publishing program.

Herder is represented from 2009 of a first commercial license office for German publishers in Beijing.