The Christian Verlag is a German publishing house, based in

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. The publishing house belongs to GeraNova Bruckmann publishing house since 2008. Managers are Clemens Schüssler and Hans-Joachim Hartmann.

History

The Christian Verlag was founded in 1947 in

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. From 1978 it became part of the

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Books Group and the program priorities developed more towards enjoyment and lifestyle themes. From 2001 until 2008 the publishing house belonged to

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Group. Since summer 2008 it belongs to the publishing house GeraNova Bruckmann. Christian Verlag already received awards from the French organization World Cookbook and the medal from the Gastronomische Akademie Deutschlands (Gastronomic Academy Germany). In 2012, ''Die vegetarische Kochschule'' by Christl Kurz was awarded with the

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in the vegetarian cooking category, and in 2013, ''Die venezianische Küche'' from Russell Norman won in the category "Italian". From 2009 to 2015, Christian Verlag published in cooperation with the Gong publishing the magazines ''LandIdee'', ''LandIdee Wohnen&Deko'', ''LandApotheke'', ''LandFrisch'' and ''LandGarten''. In addition to its emphasis on cooking and gardening, as well as, home and lifestyle, the publisher is also the publisher of restaurant and wine guide Gault Millau. As of September 1, 2018, Christian Verlag took over the book program of Christophorus Verlag from OZ Verlag, thus expanding its book program to include the advice-based creative segment (including handicrafts, crafts, creative design, art and decorating).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian Verlag 1947 establishments in Germany Book publishing companies of Germany Mass media in Munich