Ferdinand Mengis
Ferdinand Mengis (born March 6, 1927 in Lucerne ; died October 26, 2014 there ) was a Swiss publisher who ran Mengis Druck und Verlag AG in Visp in the canton of Valais . He was particularly well known in public as the publisher and editor of the Walliser Bote .
Ferdinand Mengis founded the Swiss Lexicon publishing house together with Wilhelm Ziehr . From 1991 to 1993 they published a six-volume Swiss lexicon , which was re-published in 1998/99 as a twelve-volume paperback edition in a new edition. The lexicon contains around 85,000 articles by 2,300 authors.
In addition, Ferdinand Mengis shaped the publishing and printing activities in Wallis beyond the local public, so that, as co-owner of Rotten Verlag, he enabled the publication of over 300 books in 40 years.
His company, run by the third generation, employs more than 230 people in the largest printing company in Upper Valais (as of 2014).
literature
- Ferdinand Mengis: A celebration for his 60th birthday on March 6, 1987 / conception by Philipp Mengis; Editing and design Armin Karlen, Visp: Mengis Druck, 1987, 20 pp.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1815.ch - Ferdinand Menges passed away
- ↑ Archives in the Swiss Federal Archives ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marco Jorio: The St. Gallen Abbey in the Encyclopedia of Swiss History, in: Schaukasten Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, 2013, ISBN 978-3-905906-07-3 , p. 221; on-line
- ↑ 1815.ch - Ferdinand Menges passed away
- ^ Bernard Truffer: Mengis (VD). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mengis, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 2014 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |