Thomas Helms Verlag
The Thomas Helms Verlag is a specialist publisher for North German culture, monument preservation, local and regional history, history, church and art history and is based in Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.[1]
History[]
In 1994, the publishing house was founded by the Schwerin photographer Thomas Helms[2] who by then had already created the illustrations for many books.[3] Among others, he worked for the , the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, the , Koehler & Amelang, , the publishing houses Christiansen, , , and Droemer Knaur. His focus is on architectural photography, and he is particularly interested in the history and regional studies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.[4]
The publishing house is a member of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.[5]
Program[]
Since the founding of the publishing house, which was first called thomasius, more than 350 titles have been produced, many of them in several editions, with a focus on regional, cultural, architecture, church and art history of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. There are also a number of titles on northern German contemporary history. The programme features both scholarly titles and popular science publications. The series "Beiträge zur Architekturgeschichte und Denkmalpflege in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern",[6] edited by , now comprises thirteen weighty publications, some of which are multi-volume; the series "Beiträge zur pommerschen Landes-, Kirchen- und Kunstgeschichte", founded by , already contains 18 titles and the series "Geschichte. Architecture. Art. Contributions to the Cultural Landscapes of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania".
Authors and editors[]
The authors and editors of the publishing house include Axel Attula, Sabine Bock, Michael Buddrus, , , Bodo von Dewitz, , Friederike Drinkuth, Dieter Greve, , Ulrich Hermanns, , , Volker Janke, Bernd Kasten, , Ingrid Lent, , , Christian Nieske, , , , Fred Ruchhöft, , Manfred Schukowski, , Rainer Wiedemann and many others.
Awards[]
Two authors of the publishing house were awarded the ISBN 978-3-935749-05-3, and in 2016, Friederike Drinkuth was awarded for her historical-biographical sketch on Duchess Dorothea Sophie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1692-1765),[7] was published under the title Männlicher als ihr Gemahl. Herzogin Dorothea Sophie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz] (ISBN 978-3-944033-00-6).</ref>
for their manuscripts that were published by the publishing house. In 2007, Sabine Bock received the prize for her work Herrschaftliche Wohnhäuser auf den Gütern und Domänen in Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Architektur und Geschichte (Beiträge zur Architekturgeschichte und Denkmalpflege. Vol. 7.1–3),References[]
- ^ Jubiläum für Thomas-Helms-Verlag
- ^ : Pfefferminzdragees westlicher Herkunft. Im Osten getrennt, im Westen wiedergefunden — eine ungewöhnliche Schweriner Liebesgeschichte. In Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt 2007, 2 October 2008, p. 9.
- ^ Thomas Scheck: Living in an in-between world: how Schwerin publisher and photographer Thomas Helms confronts relativism. In Nordkurier, 7 June 1997, p. 3.
- ^ Frank Pergande: So herrlich versponnen. In . Wochenmagazin für den Deutschen Buchhandel, issue 8/2011, p. 33.
- ^ Thomas Helms Verlag on University of Groningen
- ^ Beiträge zur Architekturgeschichte und Denkmalpflege in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern on WorldCat
- ^ "25. Annalise-Wagner-Preis".
External links[]
- Companies based in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- German companies established in 1994
- German editors