Minirex
| Minirex AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1972 |
| Seat | Lucerne , Switzerland |
| management | Walter von Andrian-Werburg, Margit Staub |
| Number of employees | approx. 12 |
| Branch | Book publisher |
| Website | www.minirex.ch |
The mini rex-Verlag , Lucerne , was founded in 1972 and specializes in railway literature. In addition to specialist books and the Minirex calendar, which has been published since 1978, the magazines Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue , Eisenbahn-Revue International , Eisenbahn Österreich and Eisenbahnverkehr aktuell are published every month . Railway Update is published in English every two months . Around a dozen employees work at the publisher's headquarters in Lucerne. The publisher has its own editorial team in Vienna. There are also freelancers in Germany and other European countries.
history
In 1974/75 a small series of 300 pieces of the SBB Re 4/4 I locomotive was produced for the nominal size H0 . The first publishing product was an assortment of railway posters . The Minirex calendar appeared for the first time in the summer of 1975. Postcards have been part of the range since 1977 ; around 300 train motifs are now available.
In 1978 the company began to publish its own books and the Swiss Railway Review , with the aim of providing a source of information independent of the railways and industry. The magazine initially only appeared quarterly. At the beginning of 1992 the Eisenbahn-Revue International , aimed primarily at the German market, was launched. At the end of 1994, Minirex-Verlag was also able to take over the magazine Eisenbahn from the Austrian Bohmann-Verlag . The name was changed to Eisenbahn Österreich .
All three magazines appear monthly and are aimed at a specialist audience, such as employees of railway companies or the railway industry. International topics appear in a common middle section. The focus is on the European countries.
In 2006 the English edition Railway Update was launched. The issue, which appears six times a year, contains a selection of translated articles from the German-language issues.
At the end of 2009, the publisher took over the magazine Eisenbahnverkehr aktuell , which had been published by the Viennese publisher Pospischil until then . In contrast to the other publications by the publisher, this booklet also includes a model railroad section and provides plenty of space for historical topics.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Company profile Minirex AG , monetas.ch, accessed on May 12, 2014
- ↑ Note with photos