K. G. Saur Verlag is a German publisher that specializes in reference information for libraries. The publishing house, founded by , is owned by
Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
and is based 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 ...
.
In 1987, K. G. Saur was acquired by
Reed International
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...
. Its British holdings were merged into the separate company
Bowker-Saur
Bowker-Saur was a publisher
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. In 2000,
Reed Elsevier
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...
sold K. G. Saur to the
Gale Group
Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007.
The company, formerly known as Gale Research a ...
, a unit of the
Thomson Corporation
Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organization and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to form Thomson Reut ...
. Walter de Gruyter acquired it in 2006.
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External links
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Book publishing companies of Germany
Publishing companies of Germany
Mass media in Munich
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