The Thomas Helms Verlag is a specialist publisher for North German culture, monument preservation, local and regional history, history, church and art history and is based in

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch dialect, Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germany, second-largest city of the northeastern States of Germany, German ...

in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

History

In 1994, the publishing house was founded by the Schwerin photographer Thomas Helms who by then had already created the illustrations for many books. Among others, he worked for the , the

Evangelische Verlagsanstalt The Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (EVA) is a denominational media company founded in Berlin in 1946. Its shareholders are the and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony. The managing director is Sebastian Knöfel. Book publisher The range inc ...

, the , Koehler & Amelang, E. A. Seemann, the publishing houses Christiansen, , , and

Droemer Knaur Droemer Knaur is a publishing group based in Munich. The group consists of the book publishers Droemer, Knaur, the Pattloch Publisher and O.W. Barth. Droemer Knaur belongs to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Program Droemer Knaur Pu ...

. His focus is on architectural photography, and he is particularly interested in the history and regional studies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania. The publishing house is a member of the

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (English: ''German Publishers and Booksellers Association'') is a trade association of the German publishing industry, based in Frankfurt. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1948, and merged in 1991 with a simil ...

Program

Since the founding of the publishing house, which was first called ''thomasius'', more than 350 titles have been produced, many of them in several editions, with a focus on regional, cultural, architecture, church and

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

and

Western Pomerania Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, Weste ...

. There are also a number of titles on northern German

contemporary history Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. Contemporary history is either a subset of the late modern period, or it is ...

. The programme features both scholarly titles and popular science publications. The series "Beiträge zur Architekturgeschichte und Denkmalpflege in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern", edited by Sabine Bock, now comprises thirteen weighty publications, some of which are multi-volume; the series "Beiträge zur pommerschen Landes-, Kirchen- und Kunstgeschichte", founded by Norbert Buske, already contains 18 titles and the series "Geschichte. Architecture. Art. Contributions to the Cultural Landscapes of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania".

Authors and editors

The authors and editors of the publishing house include Axel Attula, Sabine Bock,

Michael Buddrus Michael Buddrus (born 1957) is a German historian. Life Born in Bad Doberan, From 1974 Buddrus completed a three-year locksmithing apprenticeship in Warnemünde. From 1978 to 1983 he studied at the University of Rostock. Afterwards he worked as ...

, Adrian Bueckling, Norbert Buske, Bodo von Dewitz, Otto Emersleben, Friederike Drinkuth, Dieter Greve, Hellmut Hannes, Ulrich Hermanns, Johannes Hinz, Max Reinhard Jaehn, Volker Janke, Bernd Kasten, Otto Kindt, Ingrid Lent, Günter Möbus,

Ernst Münch Ernst Münch (26 November 1876 – 9 October 1946) was a German plant physiologist who proposed the Pressure Flow Hypothesis in 1930. He studied in Aschaffenburg, and then in Munich with Robert Hartig Robert Hartig (born: Heinrich Julius ...

, Christian Nieske, Frank Pergande, Haik Thomas Porada, Hans Reddemann, Fred Ruchhöft, Dirk Schleinert, Manfred Schukowski, Horst Wernicke, Rainer Wiedemann and many others.

Awards

Two authors of the publishing house were awarded the for their manuscripts that were published by the publishing house. In 2007, Sabine Bock received the prize for her work ''Herrschaftliche Wohnhäuser auf den Gütern und Domänen in Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Architektur und Geschichte'' (''Beiträge zur Architekturgeschichte und Denkmalpflege.'' Vol. 7.1–3), , and in 2016, Friederike Drinkuth was awarded for her historical-biographical sketch on Duchess Dorothea Sophie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1692-1765), was published under the title ''Männlicher als ihr Gemahl. Herzogin Dorothea Sophie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz''] ().

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