Matthias Grünewald Publishing House

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The Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag was an independent German publishing house with a Christian program from Mainz . Today it is part of the Patmos publishing group in the Schwabenverlag group in Ostfildern .

history

Origin of name

Matthias Grünewald Verlag is named after the painter and graphic artist Matthias Grünewald , who is considered an important German representative of the Renaissance .

Publishing history

The publishing house was founded in 1918 in the context of the so-called Biblical Movement and the Liturgical Movement in Mainz . One of the main points of crystallization was the Catholic theologian Romano Guardini . Among other things, the series Classics of Catholic Theology and the Bible translation by Paul Rießler and Rupert Storr (Mainz Bible) were published .

In 1944 the Reichsschrifttumskammer (RSK) ordered the closure of the publishing house. During the Second World War , the publishing house and its archive were completely destroyed. Work continued after the war.

In 1978 the publishing house, which had been a limited partnership since 1938 , was converted into a GmbH . After Matthias Grünewald Verlag was transferred to Schwabenverlag AG on January 1, 2006 , the company was dissolved and liquidated in 2006 . The successor company was MGV GmbH , which was deleted from the commercial register on November 20, 2009. Today Matthias Grünewald Verlag is a company of the Patmos publishing group in Schwabenverlag AG in Ostfildern (HRB 210919).

The publisher's logo shows the hand of John the Baptist at the Isenheim Altarpiece .

program

The publishing program with over 900 titles essentially comprises the areas of Christian theology (including pastoral theology ), spirituality , help in life , psychology and education . In addition, hymn books (God's praise editions), magazines and brochures (pastoral.de) are published . The main authors include Anselm Grün , Romano Guardini , Gustavo Gutiérrez , Wilhelm Hoffsümmer , Walter Kasper , Pinchas Lapide , Wunibald Müller , Otto Hermann Pesch and Josef Pieper .

Magazines

  • Concilium : International Journal of Theology
  • Meditation: Journal for Christian spirituality and lifestyle
  • Communicatio Socialis : International journal for communication in religion, church and society
  • Word and Answer: Dominican Journal of Faith and Society

literature

  • Edith Minarsch: Matthias Grünewald Verlag 1918–1968 . In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel , Vol. 24, 1968, pp. 2641–2642.
  • Dagmar Olzog, Johannes Hacker (ed.): Documentation of German-language publishers . 14th edition, Verlag modern industry, Landsberg am Lech 2001, ISBN 3-478-38764-7 , p. 199.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commercial register of the AG Mainz , HRA 708 (Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag KG)
  2. ↑ a b Commercial Register of the AG Mainz, HRB 1654 (Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag GmbH)
  3. ↑ Schwabenverlag AG takes over Matthias Grünewald Verlag . In: Book Market . BuchMarkt Verlag K. Werner GmbH. December 8, 2005. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Commercial register of the AG Mainz, HRB 1654 (MGV GmbH)