Blumenbar

Blumenbar emerged from the literary salon of the same name, which the two founders had been organizing since 1997 in their apartment at Blumenstrasse 3 in Munich and at changing locations. A decisive factor in the founding of the publishing house was the formation of the Blumenbar Club, a community interested in literature and culture. In 2002, members received a keychain with the publisher's logo upon payment of a minimum membership fee of 50 euros. The keychain entitled members to reduced admission to Blumenbar events. The money raised through the campaign helped finance the beginnings of the publishing house.

Blumenbar subsequently developed into one of the best-known and most influential labels in the recent publishing scene. From 2006, the publishing house was operated as a limited partnership. In 2008, a venture capitalist bought in. Blumenbar belonged to the group of independent publishers. The program, which focused on contemporary German-language and international literature, stood for a crossover of literature, art, pop culture, club culture and sociopolitical issues.

At the beginning of 2012, the Blumenbar brand was sold to Aufbau Verlagsgruppe. Publishing responsibility for the repositioned Blumenbar Verlag was assumed by Aufbau managing director René Strien until his departure. Today, publishing responsibility lies with Aufbau publishing director Gunnar Cynybulk, who brought Monika Zeiner and Bov Bjerg to the publishing house, among others.

At the end of October 2022, it was announced that Blumenbar publishing house founders Wolf Farkas and Lars Birken-Bertsch had sold the extensive publishing house archive from 1997 to 2012 to Monacensia (the City of Munich's literature and research archive).