Westermann Verlag

Westermann Verlag (English: "Westermann Publishing") is a German publishing firm, founded in the 19th century in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick by George Westermann (23 February 1810 in Leipzig; 7 September 1879 in Wiesbaden). Several other generations of the Westermann family succeeded him. In 1986, the "Westermann Druck- und Verlagsgruppe" in Braunschweig, comprising numerous branches, became part of Medien-Union based in Ludwigshafen, employing 800.

Westermann Verlag

Parent company	Medien-Union
Founded	1838
Founder	George Westermann (1810–1879)
Country of origin	Germany
Headquarters location	Braunschweig
Publication types	books
No. of employees	800
Official website	www.westermann.de

Westermann is renowned for its meticulous world history-atlas in German, the Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, generally known as "the Westermann."

For use in schools, they continue to publish the Carl Diercke Schul-Atlas, a series started in the 19th century, since called Diercke Weltatlas. They also offer products related to or using Google Earth, 3D-technology, and globes.

Divisions

• Westermann Schulbuchverlag (Braunschweig)
• Georg Westermann Verlag (Braunschweig)
• Westermann Lernspielverlag GmbH (Braunschweig)
• Westermann Wien im Verlag E. Dorner GmbH (Vienna, Austria)
• Pauz-Westermann Könyvkiadó Kft. (Celldömölk, Hungary)
• Westermann Druck GmbH (Braunschweig)
• Westermann Druck Zwickau GmbH (Zwickau)
• Arena Verlag GmbH (Würzburg)
• Schroedel Verlag (Braunschweig)
• Verlag Moritz Diesterweg (Braunschweig)
• Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh (Braunschweig)
• Verlag Jugend & Volk
• Winklers Verlag (Darmstadt)
• VSB-Verlagsservice Braunschweig GmbH (Braunschweig)

Further reading

• Aner, Ekkehard (January 1997). Westermann: Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte. ISBN 978-3-07-509520-1. Archived from the original on 2005-12-30.

See also

• Books in Germany

External links

• Westermann company site
• "Diercke site".
• "Der Diercke Weltatlas".