Private company
Hänssler
German music publishing house
Hänssler-Verlag (SCM Hänsler) is a German music publishing house founded in 1919 as Musikverlag Hänssler by Friedrich Hänssler senior (died 1972) to publish church music. Since the 2007 merger with other evangelical publishers to form the SCM Publishing House of the Christian Media Foundation (SCM), the portfolio has continued under the SCM Hänssler brand. Since 2015, the Hänssler Classic music label has been fully under the control of its co-founder, Günter Hänssler.2 It is part of SCM-Verlag.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Hänssler-Verlag (SCM Hänsler) is a German music publishing house founded in 1919 as Musikverlag Hänssler by Friedrich Hänssler senior (died 1972) to publish church music. Since the 2007 merger with other evangelical publishers to form the SCM Publishing House of the Christian Media Foundation (SCM), the portfolio has continued under the SCM Hänssler brand. Since 2015, the Hänssler Classic music label has been fully under the control of its co-founder, Günter Hänssler.2
Corporate structure
Hänssler is part of a group headed by SCM-Verlag. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- SCM-Verlag Witten, Germany
- Hänssler Holzgerlingen
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1919Founded Founded1
Links
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/scmhaenssler.buch1
- WikipediaHänssler
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ2275102
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataHänssler on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHänssler on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsHänssler photo by Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 3.0