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Rowohlt Verlag

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

German publishing house

Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company has been dissolved and restarted twice since its creation in 1908.² It was founded by Ernst Rowohlt.¹ It is part of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1908Founded¹

Industrybook industry¹
HeadquartersHamburg¹
Founded inLeipzig¹
Websitewww.rowohlt.de
Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung¹

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Corporate structure

Rowohlt Verlag is part of a group headed by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. 100 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Stuttgart, Germany
- GvH Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft XXXIII mbH Stuttgart, Germany
  - Macmillan Inc. New York, New York, United States
- Macmillan Publishers Basingstoke, United Kingdom
  - Palgrave Macmillan Subsidiary · Basingstoke
  - St. Martin's Press Subsidiary · New York City
    - St. Martin's Griffin Subsidiary
    - Thomas Dunne Books Subsidiary · United States
  - Tor Publishing Group Subsidiary · Equitable Building, United States
    - Forge Books Subsidiary
    - Tor Books Subsidiary · Equitable Building
    - Nightfire Subsidiary
    - Orb Books Subsidiary
    - Tor Essentials Subsidiary · New York City, United States
    - Tor Fantasy Subsidiary · New York City, United States
    - Tordotcom Publishing Subsidiary
  - PAN MACMILLAN PUBLISHING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 99.99% · New Delhi, India
  - Feiwel and Friends Subsidiary
  - Figshare Subsidiary
  - Flatiron Books Subsidiary · United States
  - Kingfisher Books Subsidiary
  - Macmillan Audio Subsidiary · United States
  - Macmillan London Subsidiary
  - Macmillan Nig. Publishers Ltd. Subsidiary · Lagos, Nigeria
  - Mantle Subsidiary
  - Red Globe Press Subsidiary
  - Square Fish Subsidiary
  - St. Martin's Publishing Group Subsidiary
  - Tor UK Subsidiary
- Rowohlt Verlag Hamburg
- Springer Nature Subsidiary · 53% · Berlin, Germany
  - Apress Subsidiary · New York City
  - BioMed Central Subsidiary · London
  - J.B. Metzler Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
  - Macmillan Education Subsidiary · London
  - Nature Portfolio Subsidiary · London
  - Prensa Científica Subsidiary
  - Springer Medizin Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
  - Springer Nature (Netherlands) Subsidiary · Dordrecht, Netherlands
  - Springer Nature America Subsidiary · New York City
  - Springer Science+Business Media Subsidiary · Luxembourg
    - Birkhäuser Subsidiary · Basel
    - Bohn Stafleu van Loghum Subsidiary · Houten, Netherlands
    - Codes Rousseau Subsidiary · Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
    - Springer (New Zealand) Subsidiary · Auckland, New Zealand
    - Springer Berlin Heidelberg Subsidiary
    - Springer Gabler Subsidiary · Wiesbaden
    - Springer India Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
    - Springer Vieweg Verlag Subsidiary · Wiesbaden
    - Current Medicine Group Subsidiary
    - Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Subsidiary · United States
    - Springer Italy Subsidiary · Italy
    - Springer New York Subsidiary
    - Springer US Subsidiary
    - Springer-Verlag New York Subsidiary
  - Springer VS Subsidiary · Wiesbaden
  - SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER GMBH Subsidiary · 100% · Heidelberg, Germany
  - ASA Press Subsidiary · Switzerland
  - Scientific American Subsidiary
  - Springer Healthcare Subsidiary · United Kingdom
  - Springer Nature (China) Subsidiary · China
  - Springer Nature Limited Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - Springer Nature Switzerland AG Subsidiary · Switzerland
  - SPRINGER NATURE TWO GMBH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
    - SPRINGER NATURE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Subsidiary · 100% · Berlin, Germany
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  - Springer Vienna Subsidiary
  - SPRINGER-VERLAG GMBH Subsidiary · Vienna, Austria
  - SPRINGER-VERLAG GMBH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
  - SpringerOpen Subsidiary · Switzerland
  - STAMPDEW LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- Argon Verlag Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- Digital Science Subsidiary · London
  - metaphacts Subsidiary · Walldorf, Germany
  - Altmetric Subsidiary · United Kingdom
  - Dimensions Subsidiary
  - Ontopic Subsidiary
- Droemer Knaur Subsidiary · Munich
  - Schneekluth Verlag Subsidiary · Munich, Germany
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux Subsidiary · New York City
  - North Point Press Subsidiary · San Francisco
  - MCD | Farrar, Straus and Giroux Subsidiary
  - Sarah Crichton Books Subsidiary
- Henry Holt and Company Subsidiary · New York City
  - Metropolitan Books Subsidiary · United States
- Kiepenheuer & Witsch Subsidiary · Cologne
  - Galiani Verlag Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- Macmillan Learning Subsidiary · New York City
- NetDoktor Subsidiary · Munich, Germany
- Picador Subsidiary · London
- Prognos AG Subsidiary · Basel
- S. Fischer Verlag Subsidiary · Frankfurt am Main
  - Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag Subsidiary · Frankfurt, Germany
  - Tor Online (Germany) Subsidiary
- ZEIT Sprachen Subsidiary · Planegg, Germany
- Zeitverlag Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
- DIGITAL SCIENCE UK LIMITED Subsidiary · 88% · London, United Kingdom
- Die Zeit Subsidiary · Germany
- Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (United States) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Neobooks Subsidiary · Germany

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The story

Founded by Ernst Rowohlt in 1908, in Leipzig.¹

Rowohlt Verlag was founded in 1908 in Leipzig by Ernst Rowohlt and was renamed to Kurt Wolff Verlag in February 1913. After Rowohlt was banned from the German Publishers Association in October 1938 for "camouflaging Jewish authors", Rowohlt Verlag became a subsidiary of Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, which was closed on 1 November 1943. On 9 November 1945, Rowohlt's oldest son, Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt, relaunched Rowohlt Verlag in Stuttgart.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rowohlt Verlag, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Leadership

Who has led Rowohlt Verlag, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderErnst Rowohlt¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1908Founded Founded in Leipzig¹

Sources

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WikidataRowohlt Verlag on Wikidata
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WikipediaRowohlt Verlag on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsRowohlt Verlag logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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WikipediaRowohlt Verlag on Wikipedia (revision used)
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Wikimedia CommonsRowohlt Verlag photo by User Staro1 on de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0