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''Ganske Verlagsgruppe'' (translated Ganske Publishing Group) is a German publishing

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comprising eighteen distinct companies. The group is active mainly in

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and

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

with an emphasis on travel, gourmet, lifestyle, and architecture, orientated towards an upscale market. It has approximately 2,000 employees. The corporate headquarters are in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

, with offices in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and several other cities. Licensed versions of the group's magazines as well as corporate publishing products such as the ''

BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...

Magazine'' and the '' Relais & Chateaux Magazine'' are published throughout the world. The group started

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ventures such as the weekly newspaper ''Die Woche'' and monthly magazine ''TEMPO'', breeding several well known

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s and experimenting with new styles that later became staples of the journalistic toolbox. It has been the target of several unsuccessful

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attempts. Under the leadership of publisher Thomas Ganske, Ganske Verlagsgruppe has made significant investments in its digital assets – the online presence of its magazines, community blogs, and content for navigation devices.

History

In 1907, Richard Ganske established the

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service ''Lesezirkel daheim'' in Kiel, which would later become the current group of companies. In 1938, the ''Lesezirkel'' maintained 30 outlets throughout Germany serving 180,000 customers. In 1941, Kurt Ganske – the son of the company's founder – invested in the ''Hoffmann und Campe Verlag'' in Hamburg. Nine years later, he took over the remaining shares of the

publishing house Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

. After his father's death in 1979, Thomas Ganske, the current owner, took on responsibility for the group. Thomas Ganske has gradually restructured the company since 1990. In 2001, these measures resulted in setting up the ''Ganske Verlagsgruppe'' as a

of which he became

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Business Units

Book Publishing * HOFFMANN UND CAMPE * HOFFMANN UND CAMPE Corporate Publishing * DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG (dtv) * GRÄFE UND UNZER * TEUBNER * HALLWAG * GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS * TRAVEL HOUSE MEDIA * MERIAN Live! * GUIDE MICHELIN *

Hatje Cantz Verlag Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd HatjeFÜR SIE * PETRA * VITAL * DER FEINSCHMECKER * WEIN GOURMET *

MERIAN Merian may refer to People with the surname * Merian family, Swiss patrician family from Basel * Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593–1650), Swiss-German engraver and publisher * Matthäus Merian the Younger (1621–1687), Swiss painter * Maria Siby ...

* A&W Architektur & Wohnen * COUNTRY * ZUHAUSE WOHNEN * SELBER MACHEN * PRINZ Electronic Publishing * iPUBLISH * MERIAN scout (navigation software) * Kartographie * Travel and Event Databases Distribution / Retail / Hotel * LESERKREIS DAHEIM * PRESSE SERVICE GESELLSCHAFT * WERBE MERKUR * RHENANIA BUCHVERSAND * AKZENTE VERSANDBUCHHANDLUNG * Mail:Order:Kaiser * FRÖLICH UND KAUFMANN Art Books * HOTEL HOHENHAUS (a Relais & Chateaux member)

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External links

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