Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria.Kontakt at www.rother.de, retrieved 20 February 2016 Since 1950 the company, that formerly went under the name of Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, had published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the German Alpine Club (DAV), the Austrian Alpine Club (ÖAV) and the South Tyrol Alpine Club.
Rother publish a "famous series of English language guides" covering most of the popular walking destinations in the Alps and Europe.European walking guide books at www.outside.co.uk, retrieved 20 February 2016.
History The company was founded on 16 November 1920 in Munich by Rudolf Rother sen., a bookseller and mountaineer, and is one of the oldest and most important specialist Alpine publishers.Über den Verlag at www.rother.de, retrieved 20 February 2016 The publishing house was based on Verlag Walter Schmidkunz, which went out of business and in which Rother was a co-owner.Peter Grimm: Schmidkunz - Das vergessene Literaturgenie; accessed on 4 November 2010
After the firm had sold its in-house mail-order service, the magazine Bergwelt ("Mountain World") and its own printers in the 1980s, the family business was taken over in 1990 by Freytag-Berndt & Artaria.
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External links Website for Bergverlag Rother