C.H. Beck
BECK oHG, established in 1763 by Carl Gottlob Beck, is one of Germany's oldest publishing houses. Historically, the company's headquarters were in Nördlingen. The initials of the founder's son and successor, Carl Heinrich Beck, survive in the company's current name.
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- Verlag C.
- Founded
- 1763
- Headquarters
- Munich
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BECK oHG, established in 1763 by Carl Gottlob Beck, is one of Germany's oldest publishing houses. Historically, the company's headquarters were in Nördlingen. The initials of the founder's son and successor, Carl Heinrich Beck, survive in the company's current name.
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It operates in two main divisions: Legal – Tax – Business (professional publishing) and Literature – Nonfiction – Science (trade publishing). It has an annual production of up to 1,500 titles including many electronic publications, about 70 professional journals and more than 9,000 titles in print. Its headquarters are in Munich, with a branch office in Frankfurt. Six hundred and fifty employees work in the Munich headquarters. The 120 scientific editors combined work at the Munich and Frankfurt offices, supporting over 14,000 authors. The Frankfurt office houses the editorial departments of most of C.H. Beck's publications in his own field and the editorial departments in the same department as his own publications law journals. Since 1999 the Nomos publishing house has belonged to the C.H. Beck group, which also has subsidiaries in Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.
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Gesetztessammlung "Habersack" eine im Verlag C. H. Beck erscheinende Ausgabe - Deutsche Gesetze (2021).
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• Name — Verlag C. H. Beck • Founded — 9 September 1763 • Founder — Carl Gottlob Beck • Country — Germany • Publications — Books, journals • Imprints — Nomos • Website — beck.de
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C.H. Beck established.
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C.H. Beck is recorded from 1763.
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C.H. Beck was established or created on 1 January 1763.
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- 1.About us. 2023-06-15.
- 2.Verlag C.H.Beck on JSTOR. www.jstor.org.
- 3.About us. www.beck-elibrary.de. 2023-06-15.
- 4."About Publishers C.H.Beck Munich." Retrieved on 22 June 2023.
- 5.Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH on JSTOR. www.jstor.org.
- 6.About Publishers C.H.Beck Munich. RSW.
- 7.C.H.Beck Prawnicze publikacje ze wszystkich dziedzin prawa.
- 8.Nakladatelství C.H. Beck eshop C. H. Beck. www.beck.cz.
- 9.Editura C.H. Beck.
- 10.Das sind die größten Buchkonzerne der Welt. buchreport. 2022-08-26.
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