The Verlag Freies Geistesleben & Urachhaus GmbH is a
publishing company based in
Stuttgart
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, publishing under the
imprint
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s of ''Verlag Freies Geistesleben'' and ''Verlag Urachhaus''. The company has its roots in the
Anthroposophical movement, and is publishing a wide range of titles, including many classic titles.
The ''Verlag Freies Geistesleben'' (meaning free intellectual/spiritual life) was founded in 1947 on the initiative of the Free Waldorf School of Stuttgart and the Anthroposophical Society of Stuttgart, and has an emphasis on literature on or aimed at
education, particularly
waldorf education, as well as
anthroposophy in general, social sciences, culture and history, art and architecture, music, natural sciences, and children's literature.
The ''Verlag Urachhaus'' was founded in 1925 by
Gertrud Spörri
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Emil Bock
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and
Ernst Scheiffele
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under the name ''Verlag der Christengemeinschaft'', and originally published mostly Christian literature, being affiliated with
The Christian Community, although it since broadened its publishing profile. Due to
Nazi persecution, the company changed its name to ''Verlag Urachhaus'', after the street where its offices in Stuttgart were located, in 1936. However, the
Gestapo stormed the office of the company on June 9, 1941, and seized all its holdings, the company was subsequently liquidated in 1942. Following the war, it was reestablished in 1946. After the Christian Community inherited the personal archive of
Christian Morgenstern, the Verlag Urachhaus published a complete edition of the work of Morgenstern in nine volumes, known as the "Stuttgart edition".
The two companies merged under the name ''Verlag Freies Geistesleben & Urachhaus'' in the mid 1990s, but continue to operate as separate imprints.
References
External links
Verlag Freies GeisteslebenVerlag Urachhaus
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Book publishing companies of Germany
1925 establishments in Germany
Publishing companies established in 1925
Mass media in Stuttgart