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The Echter Verlag is a German-language book and magazine publisher based in Würzburg . Its publishing program includes around 700 titles, with around 80 new publications being added every year. The focus is on scientific and theological publications, books on religion and spirituality as well as publications on Franconian culture, way of life and history.

program

In addition to the prayer and hymn book of Gotteslob for the Diocese of Würzburg , the scientific-theological series and its theological journals, the Echter Verlag concentrates on the distribution of religious books and the maintenance of literature on topics from the Franconian region. Particularly noteworthy are the commentary series “New Real Bible” and the series of Ignatian impulses.

Magazines

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Spirit and life

God's word in the church year

Lively pastoral care

Eastern Church Studies

Journal of Catholic Theology

inspiration

history

On January 25, 1900, Echter Würzburg, Fränkische Gesellschaftdruckerei und Verlag GmbH was entered in the commercial register. It was named after Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617), Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Duke of Franconia. The original aim of the company was to publish the church-conservative Catholic newspaper "Fränkisches Volksblatt", which had existed since 1868, and to promote Catholic publications. It was founded by the priest and university librarian Johann Baptist Stamminger (1836-1892). The anti-Jewish polemics carried out by the “Volksblatt” from 1879 onwards was discontinued in 1888; In the 1920s, the newspaper campaigned for the Jewish population and their concerns under its editor-in-chief Heinrich Leier (1876–1948). Despite all the problems that the First World War brought with it, the Echterhaus in the Juliuspromenade in Würzburg was inaugurated on August 29, 1915 as the new headquarters of the expanding company.

From 1933 the "Franconian Volksblatt" had to fight vehemently against the new rulers. In March 1933 they banned the publication of the paper. His former chief editor, the cathedral pastor Heinrich Leier, was "taken into protective custody" in 1933 . Since January 1938 at the latest, Echter Verlag had no longer had any influence on the newspaper. In the summer of 1942, the book publisher and the printer were finally closed and the Echter Verlag was banned on August 28, 1942.

On January 10, 1946, Echter Verlag received a license to print from the American military government again . A few months later, the first topping-out ceremony was held at the Echterhaus, which had been completely destroyed in the war, even if another four years would pass before the inauguration of the premises. As early as 1947 a series of commentaries appeared with the “Real Bible”, which to this day enjoys an excellent reputation among experts. It was continued in 1975 with the "New Real Bible".

Since the inner-city rooms and access routes no longer met the requirements of a modern, expanding printing company, the foundation stone was laid in 1993 for a new printing center at Heuchelhof , which from January 1996 housed the publishing house and printing company. The real house on Juliuspromenade was sold and after its renovation is now a modern shopping mall.

In October 1999 the printing business was transferred to the Appl group of companies in Wemding , and in April 2000 the Echter Verlag moved back to its original headquarters on Juliuspromenade.

literature

Werner Dettelbacher: For truth, freedom and justice. 100 years of Franconian corporate printing - Echter Würzburg. Real publishing house, Würzburg 2000.

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Remarks

^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1230.
↑ Ursula Gehring-Münzel: The Würzburg Jews from 1803 to the end of the First World War. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, pp. 499-528 and 1306-1308, here: p. 526.
↑ Peter Weidisch: Würzburg in the "Third Reich". In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 196-289 and 1271-1290; here: p. 202.
^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1239.

[1] Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1230.

[2] Ursula Gehring-Münzel: The Würzburg Jews from 1803 to the end of the First World War. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, pp. 499-528 and 1306-1308, here: p. 526.

[3] Peter Weidisch: Würzburg in the "Third Reich". In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 196-289 and 1271-1290; here: p. 202.

[4] Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1239.