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| Parent company | Georg von Holtzbrinck Group |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1908; 117 years ago (1908) |
| Founder | Ernst Rowohlt |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Headquarters location | Hamburg |
| Official website | rowohlt |
Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based inHamburg, with offices inReinbek andBerlin. It has been part of theGeorg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982.[1] The company has been dissolved and restarted twice since its creation in 1908.
Rowohlt Verlag was founded in 1908 inLeipzig byErnst Rowohlt and was renamed toKurt Wolff Verlag in February 1913.[2] After Rowohlt was banned from the German Publishers Association in October 1938[3] for "camouflaging Jewish authors",[4] Rowohlt Verlag became a subsidiary ofDeutsche Verlags-Anstalt, which was closed on 1 November 1943.[3] On 9 November 1945, Rowohlt's oldest son, Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt, relaunched Rowohlt Verlag inStuttgart.[5][3]
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