Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Overview

• HeadquartersGöttingen¹
• Founded inGöttingen¹
• Websitewww.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com
• Legal formlimited company¹

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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (V&R) is a scholarly publishing house based in Göttingen, Germany. It was founded in 1735 by Abraham Vandenhoeck (1700–1750) in connection with the establishment of the Georg-August-Universität in the same city.²

Corporate structure

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht is part of a group headed by Brill. 12 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Abraham Vandenhoeck on Feb 13, 1735, in Göttingen.¹

Leadership

Who has led Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderAbraham Vandenhoeck¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Brill since Mar 1, 2021

Owners

• Gustav Ruprecht 50% since 1898
• Wilhelm Ruprecht 50% since 1898
• Brill since Mar 1, 2021

Subsidiaries

• V&R Unipress GmbH
• Böhlau Verlag since Jan 2017

Former owners and parents

• Abraham Vandenhoeck 100% Feb 13, 1735 to Aug 1750
• Carl Ruprecht 100% 1787 to 1816
• Carl August Adolf Ruprecht 100% 1842 to 1847
• Carl Ruprecht 100% 1861 to 1887
• Justus Friedrich Danckwerts 50% 1816 to 1841
• Gustav Ruprecht 33% 1887 to 1898
• Wilhelm Ruprecht 33% 1887 to 1898

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. Jan 2017Acquired Böhlau Verlag¹

Timeline

1. Mar 1, 2021Acquired Acquired by Brill¹
2. Feb 13, 1735Founded Founded in Göttingen¹

Links

• Websitewww.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/Vandenhoeck.und.Ruprecht¹
• WikipediaVandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ2510139