Private company
Franckh-Kosmos
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
German publisher
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG is a media publishing house based in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh. In the nineteenth century the company published the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff as well as works by Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Mörike. The "Friends of Nature Club" (Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde) was set up in 1903 in response to booming public interest in science and technology, and by 1912 100,000 members were receiving its monthly magazine "Cosmos" (Kosmos).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypublishing1
- HeadquartersStuttgart1
- Websitewww.kosmos.de
- Legal formGmbH & Co. KG1
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Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG is a media publishing house based in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh. In the nineteenth century the company published the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff as well as works by Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Mörike.2
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From Wikipedia’s article on Kosmos (publisher), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1822Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.kosmos.de1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/kosmos.verlag1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/kosmos_verlag1
- WikipediaKosmos (publisher)
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ881194
Sources
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- 1WikidataFranckh-Kosmos on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFranckh-Kosmos on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsFranckh-Kosmos logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsFranckh-Kosmos photo by Matěj Baťha, CC BY-SA 3.0