Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH is a German

academic publishing Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes Research, academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or Thesis, theses. The part of academic written output that is n ...

house, with headquarters in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

. Founded in 1949 in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

, its specialty is

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

, although it also publishes works in

geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

, and

musicology Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...

. In 2008, the program was expanded to include nonfiction books for a wider readership. Today, the publishing house is part of the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag media group.Ohne Autor: ''Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, vorm. Wiesbaden'', in: Heinz Karrasch (Hrsg.): ''Geographie. Tradition und Fortschritt. Festschrift zum 50-jährigen Bestehen der Heidelberger Geographischen Gesellschaft'', Heidelberg 1998, S. 341. Journals published by Franz Steiner include '' Historia'', '' Geographische Zeitschrift'', ''

Hermes Hermes (; ) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quic ...

'', and ''Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur''.

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* (German) Publishing companies established in 1949 Book publishing companies of Germany Publishing companies of Germany Companies based in Wiesbaden Companies based in Stuttgart Mass media in Stuttgart 1949 establishments in Germany {{publisher-stub