Thorsten Schmidt (publisher)

Thorsten Schmidt (born September 8, 1965 in Schönebeck (Elbe) ) is a German publisher , publicist and photographer .

Life

Schmidt grew up in Calbe (Saale) and founded the Schmidt-Buch-Verlag on June 1, 1990 at the age of 25 in Wernigerode am Harz . The bookseller's publishing program initially included the publication of postcards, a new city guide for Wernigerode and a Harz travel guide. After initial successes, the publishing program was expanded significantly. Today it mainly focuses on the issuing of travel guides, hiking and leisure maps. From 1991 to 2003 the publisher also produced picture calendars on the subjects of Romanesque Roads, Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, Harz and Wernigerode. In addition, he has presented several standard works on the history of the city and county of Wernigerode in close collaboration with the Wernigerode regional historian and culture award winner Uwe Lagatz . He also wrote several art guides on the Romanesque Road himself . The publications are illustrated by images that Thorsten Schmidt, as a photographer, usually took himself.

Works

• Left and right of the Romanesque Road. The supplementary volume on other Romanesque buildings in central Germany . 4th, completely revised edition. Schmidt, Wernigerode 2003, ISBN 3-928977-24-5 .
• with Marion Schmidt, Günther Herlitze and others: The Harz. A practical travel guide through Germany's northernmost low mountain range . 4th, completely revised edition. Schmidt, Wernigerode 2003, ISBN 3-928977-48-2 ( Das Reisehandbuch ).
• with Marion Schmidt and Helga Neumann: Romanesque in Central Germany . 4th edition. Wernigerode 2004, ISBN 3-928977-29-6 .
• with Jürgen Korsch: The Brocken - Mountain between nature and technology . 5th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2006, ISBN 3-928977-59-8 .
• with Marion Schmidt: Wernigerode - The city guide . 11th update Edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-08-1 .

Web links

• Official homepage of the publisher