(abbr. VT, formerly , which temporarily operated as ) based in Berlin today is the remaining part of its incorporation into the .

History

The in Berlin was a specialist book and specialist journal publisher in the former

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(GDR). It was founded on 1 July 1946 and was a

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(VEB) (English, "publicly owned enterprise"). Besides the it was one of the most important publishers of specialist books in the field of technology and natural sciences in the GDR up to and including the years immediately after the in the reunified

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, after which the number of new publications by Verlag Technik decreased significantly. During its East German years it also published many trade journals for various technical fields, e.g. (Radio television electronics), (MP microprocessor technology), (New technology in the office), (Agricultural engineering), (KFT) or (Technology - technical-scientific journal for basic and cross-sectional questions) (1950–1953). During the early years of the publishing house, the physicist and philosopher managed the publishing house from 1950 to 1955. A campaign for "pest work in the field of ideology" was initiated against him during this time. Rehabilitated in 1955, he was appointed full professor for

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at the

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. In the course of the German reunification, was converted into a GmbH on 1 July 1990, of which the was a 100%

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. In September 1991, the Munich publisher bought the , a publishing house for law and economics (formerly a state publishing house), the publisher , the (a publishing house for building and construction) as well as . Only 31 of the one-hundred employees of were taken over. Initially, retained its legal form as a GmbH and became a subsidiary of in Berlin, but it lost its independent, formal legal existence on 1 January 1999 when it was integrated into . This also ended the membership of in the (German Book Trade Association). The book trade ID number used up to that point was transferred to .

Publishing program

A small number of popular books and magazines, such as or are still published up to today. However, the former journal (MSR) was integrated into the journals and of the , Munich.

Book series

The following series were published in the firm's

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period: * Automatisierungstechnik * Lehrbücher für die Berufsausbildung * Lehrbücher für die Berufsbildung * Schriftenreihe des Verlages Technik

References

External links

Website of Verlag Technik in the ''huss shop'' of the Huss-Medien GmbH
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verlag Technik Volkseigene Betriebe Publishing companies of Germany Book publishing companies of Germany Publishing companies established in 1946