Publisher Anton Pustet
The Anton Pustet publishing house is the oldest bookstore in Salzburg ( Austria ).
history
Since Konrad Kürner , who printed the first book in Salzburg in 1592, records by this publisher have existed under frequently changing names and different locations.
The Kürner Offizin was located in a house in the old town of Salzburg on today's Kajetanerplatz, later in Gstättengasse, where it was destroyed by the landslide of 1669. The company flourished for the first time under the management of the book printer Johann Baptist Mayr.
Prince Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg , founder of the famous library in the New Residence , granted Johann Baptist Mayr the privilege of court and academic printer and even elevated him to the nobility. This was a sign of the importance of the book and publishing industry, which had gained significant momentum, especially through the establishment of the University in Salzburg.
At the end of the 18th century, Mayrsche Druckerei went into decline. Due to an uproar, triggered by a scripture critical of the church, it had to be sold well below the market value and went to Franz Xaver Duyle in a roundabout way.
Era blows
The Pustet era began in 1862, when Anton Pustet , who came from Regensburg in Bavaria, took over the Duylsche Buchdruckerei and Verlag and led the company back to impressive size under the new name Verlag Anton Pustet . His accomplished daughter, Ida Rademann, initiated a particularly successful chapter in the history of the publishing house after his death. With the Russian émigré Alja Rachmanova , she had a true bestselling author in her program.
In 1922, the Pustet company was acquired by Styria Verlag in Graz . From 1930 to 1937 Otto Müller headed the publishing house.
Under the National Socialists, the Pustet-Druckerei was incorporated into the NS-Gauverlag, after the war it was initially administered as a so-called German property and then returned to the Styria Verlag. In 1963 the publishing house and the printing company were finally acquired by the Salzburg Press Association . In 2002 the print shop ceased operations. Today the venerable “Pustet House” with its inner courtyard typical of Salzburg's old town is home to an innovative university research institute. The house was renovated in 2004 as an example.
Company structure
The Anton Pustet publishing house is owned by the Salzburger Pressverein, which also includes the Salzburger Druckerei and the Verlag der Salzburger Druckerei, a school book publisher. The managing director of the press club operations is Gerald Klonner.
literature
- Murray G. Hall : Austrian Publishing History 1918–1938 . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Graz 1985, ISBN 3-205-07258-8 , ISBN 3-412-05585-9 . Section “Verlag Anton Pustet (Salzburg)”, with reference to: Fixed number of the Austro-Hungarian bookseller correspondence, Vienna 1910, Part II, p. 54; Alpine Monthly Issues (Graz), 12th year, Issue 3, December 1934, pp. 82–83; Publishing advertisements; Reports and Information (Salzburg), Volume 2, No. 49, April 4, 1947, p. 16.