Westermann Verlag

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 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 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)
• Westermann Berufliche Bildung

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".