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Munzinger-Archiv is a German publisher and online information provider based in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.
The information on biographies, countries and lexical facts consists of loose-leaf collections, CD-ROMs and an online service with several million entries and is mainly used by publishers, the press, radio, political institutions and libraries.
==History==
The Munzinger Archive was founded in Berlin in 1913 by Ludwig Munzinger senior, who, as a former journalist and editorial director of the Berliner Dienst press agency, saw a market for an information service that would allow newspaper editors to quickly and reliably research background information on persons and topics. On March 17, 1913, the first delivery of the archive of journalistic work was published, which from now on was continued on a weekly basis.
In 1914 Munzinger was drafted for military service during the First World War. The archive was continued during the war by his wife Cora on a reduced scale. In 1918, Munzinger returned to his family, which has since moved to Ravensburg, Upper Swabia. From about 1923 the archive became more and more successful, and in 1926 Munzinger relocated the company headquarters to Berlin.
In 1928, the publishing program was expanded to include a sports archive. In 1930, the company moved to Dresden-Loschwitz, home of Cora Munzinger. In the time of National Socialism, the archive was not incorporated as many other companies in the press in the press of the Nazi Party or equaled, but it had to deal with a censor of the Dresden Propaganda Directorate from 1936. In 1939, the statistical-political papers were added to the publishing program. After the bombing of Dresden in February 1945, the Munzinger family fled once again to Ravensburg, where the company still has its headquarters today.
In the spring of 1946, the first shipment of the archive appeared after the Second World War. In the post-war period, the Munzinger Archive developed into a leading provider of information on current events and in particular biographical information for the press. The loose-leaf handbook Countries with statistical and political information on all countries of the world, developed from the statistical-political papers, has become a standard work.
After the death of the founder in 1957, his son Ludwig Munzinger took over Jr. the management of the company. With the press concentration of the 1960s and the dissolution of numerous smaller newspaper editors, the clientele of the archive decreased, so libraries were increasingly recruited as customers for the loose-leaf works of the publishing house. From 1985, the publication was gradually expanded to include electronic offers, initially with an electronic sports archive. In 1995, the publisher moved to a new building in the Ravensburg district of Oberzell. Ludwig Munzinger retired in 2000 from the publishing house. His son Ernst Munzinger has been managing director since 1988.<ref>Gunther Dahinten: Die Qualität der Information hat hier absoluten Vorrang. Ernst Munzinger. In: Profile Ravensburg. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 2008, ISBN 978-3-933614-40-7, S. 152–155</ref>
As a result of the ever-increasing concentration of newspaper editors and digitization, the company lost a large number of customers in the years following 2001. This was partly compensated by the construction of the own portal as well as by the offers at libraries. Meanwhile one is "on a positive way", explained Ernst Munzinger 2016. One could make however no big jumps.<ref>http://ift.tt/2z0KqJY;
==Munzinger today==
Since 1997, the Munzinger Archive has been providing information on paid services via the World Wide Web (Munzinger Online). Since 1999, an intranet database has also been offered. All of the publisher's publications are also offered on CD-ROM as well as a loose-leaf collection for subscription.<ref>http://ift.tt/2BhYKUp;
The online version of the International Biographical Archive now contains more than 29,200 biographies. New contributions are added weekly to the stock.<ref>http://ift.tt/2z2oPAR; The International Sports Archive contains about 11,000 biographies of athletes, the Pop Archive International about 1,900 biographies of artists and bands as well as articles on technical terms of music. In addition to other Munzinger information services, such as countries, chronicle and memorial days, Munzinger Online also includes the Critical Dictionary on contemporary German-language literature, the Critical Encyclopedia on Foreign Language Contemporary Literature, Kindler's Literatur Lexikon, the Lexicon of Illustration and the contemporary database of the edition text + criticism available. The online program also includes the film-service database (with reviews from Filmdienst magazine), 17 dictionaries and dictionaries by Duden, a press section with newspapers and magazines such as [[Der Spiegel]] or [[Die Welt]], access to Library PressDisplay and access to music the Naxos Libraries. The Brockhaus Encyclopaedia (text only, no pictures) was removed from Munzinger at the end of 2015 because the publisher has since built its own multimedia portal.
==Literature==
*75 Jahre Munzinger-Archiv. 1913–1988. Munzinger-Archiv, Ravensburg 1988, ISBN 3-923070-11-X.
*Ernst Munzinger: Vom Zettelkasten zum Wissensarchiv. Erfahrungen aus der Praxis eines Informationsdienstleisters beim Übergang in die Wissensgesellschaft. In: Gertraud Koch (Hrsg.): Internationalisierung von Wissen. Multidisziplinäre Beiträge zu neuen Praxen des Wissenstransfers (= Wissen, Kultur, Kommunikation, Band 2), Röhrig, St. Ingbert 2006, ISBN 3-86110-389-3.
*Ernst Munzinger: Vom Zettelarchiv zum Internetinformationsdienst. Das Munzinger-Archiv in Ravensburg-Oberzell. In: mit Brief und Siegel … ins Internet. Archive im Landkreis Ravensburg (= Zeitzeichen, Band 4). Kreissparkasse, Ravensburg 2007, DNB 98676230X, OCLC 219413059 S. 48–51.
* Klaus-Peter Schmid: Leben fürs Archiv. Munzinger: Das Internet bedroht das Geschäft mit biografischen Daten, in: Die Zeit, 13. März 2003.
==References==
[[Category:1913 establishments in Germany]]
The information on biographies, countries and lexical facts consists of loose-leaf collections, CD-ROMs and an online service with several million entries and is mainly used by publishers, the press, radio, political institutions and libraries.
==History==
The Munzinger Archive was founded in Berlin in 1913 by Ludwig Munzinger senior, who, as a former journalist and editorial director of the Berliner Dienst press agency, saw a market for an information service that would allow newspaper editors to quickly and reliably research background information on persons and topics. On March 17, 1913, the first delivery of the archive of journalistic work was published, which from now on was continued on a weekly basis.
In 1914 Munzinger was drafted for military service during the First World War. The archive was continued during the war by his wife Cora on a reduced scale. In 1918, Munzinger returned to his family, which has since moved to Ravensburg, Upper Swabia. From about 1923 the archive became more and more successful, and in 1926 Munzinger relocated the company headquarters to Berlin.
In 1928, the publishing program was expanded to include a sports archive. In 1930, the company moved to Dresden-Loschwitz, home of Cora Munzinger. In the time of National Socialism, the archive was not incorporated as many other companies in the press in the press of the Nazi Party or equaled, but it had to deal with a censor of the Dresden Propaganda Directorate from 1936. In 1939, the statistical-political papers were added to the publishing program. After the bombing of Dresden in February 1945, the Munzinger family fled once again to Ravensburg, where the company still has its headquarters today.
In the spring of 1946, the first shipment of the archive appeared after the Second World War. In the post-war period, the Munzinger Archive developed into a leading provider of information on current events and in particular biographical information for the press. The loose-leaf handbook Countries with statistical and political information on all countries of the world, developed from the statistical-political papers, has become a standard work.
After the death of the founder in 1957, his son Ludwig Munzinger took over Jr. the management of the company. With the press concentration of the 1960s and the dissolution of numerous smaller newspaper editors, the clientele of the archive decreased, so libraries were increasingly recruited as customers for the loose-leaf works of the publishing house. From 1985, the publication was gradually expanded to include electronic offers, initially with an electronic sports archive. In 1995, the publisher moved to a new building in the Ravensburg district of Oberzell. Ludwig Munzinger retired in 2000 from the publishing house. His son Ernst Munzinger has been managing director since 1988.<ref>Gunther Dahinten: Die Qualität der Information hat hier absoluten Vorrang. Ernst Munzinger. In: Profile Ravensburg. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 2008, ISBN 978-3-933614-40-7, S. 152–155</ref>
As a result of the ever-increasing concentration of newspaper editors and digitization, the company lost a large number of customers in the years following 2001. This was partly compensated by the construction of the own portal as well as by the offers at libraries. Meanwhile one is "on a positive way", explained Ernst Munzinger 2016. One could make however no big jumps.<ref>http://ift.tt/2z0KqJY;
==Munzinger today==
Since 1997, the Munzinger Archive has been providing information on paid services via the World Wide Web (Munzinger Online). Since 1999, an intranet database has also been offered. All of the publisher's publications are also offered on CD-ROM as well as a loose-leaf collection for subscription.<ref>http://ift.tt/2BhYKUp;
The online version of the International Biographical Archive now contains more than 29,200 biographies. New contributions are added weekly to the stock.<ref>http://ift.tt/2z2oPAR; The International Sports Archive contains about 11,000 biographies of athletes, the Pop Archive International about 1,900 biographies of artists and bands as well as articles on technical terms of music. In addition to other Munzinger information services, such as countries, chronicle and memorial days, Munzinger Online also includes the Critical Dictionary on contemporary German-language literature, the Critical Encyclopedia on Foreign Language Contemporary Literature, Kindler's Literatur Lexikon, the Lexicon of Illustration and the contemporary database of the edition text + criticism available. The online program also includes the film-service database (with reviews from Filmdienst magazine), 17 dictionaries and dictionaries by Duden, a press section with newspapers and magazines such as [[Der Spiegel]] or [[Die Welt]], access to Library PressDisplay and access to music the Naxos Libraries. The Brockhaus Encyclopaedia (text only, no pictures) was removed from Munzinger at the end of 2015 because the publisher has since built its own multimedia portal.
==Literature==
*75 Jahre Munzinger-Archiv. 1913–1988. Munzinger-Archiv, Ravensburg 1988, ISBN 3-923070-11-X.
*Ernst Munzinger: Vom Zettelkasten zum Wissensarchiv. Erfahrungen aus der Praxis eines Informationsdienstleisters beim Übergang in die Wissensgesellschaft. In: Gertraud Koch (Hrsg.): Internationalisierung von Wissen. Multidisziplinäre Beiträge zu neuen Praxen des Wissenstransfers (= Wissen, Kultur, Kommunikation, Band 2), Röhrig, St. Ingbert 2006, ISBN 3-86110-389-3.
*Ernst Munzinger: Vom Zettelarchiv zum Internetinformationsdienst. Das Munzinger-Archiv in Ravensburg-Oberzell. In: mit Brief und Siegel … ins Internet. Archive im Landkreis Ravensburg (= Zeitzeichen, Band 4). Kreissparkasse, Ravensburg 2007, DNB 98676230X, OCLC 219413059 S. 48–51.
* Klaus-Peter Schmid: Leben fürs Archiv. Munzinger: Das Internet bedroht das Geschäft mit biografischen Daten, in: Die Zeit, 13. März 2003.
==References==
[[Category:1913 establishments in Germany]]
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