Residenz Verlag

Residenz Verlag is a traditional Austrian publishing house with offices in Salzburg and Vienna. It focuses on contemporary literature from German-speaking regions, the complete works of renowned Austrian writers, selected translations from Eastern and Northern European languages and English, and non-fiction on contemporary history, sustainability, art, and biographies.

Residenz Verlag was founded in 1956 by Wolfgang Schaffler in Salzburg. During the 1960s and 1970s, it developed from a regional and non-fiction publisher into a flagship of the Austrian literary scene. In 1983, Schaffler sold the publishing house to the Austrian Federal Publishing House (ÖBV) to secure its succession and long-term existence in Austria. In 1984, Jochen Jung, who had been working as an editor for Residenz since 1975, was appointed as the second managing director. Wolfgang Schaffler died on April 22, 1989. In 2002, the Federal Publishing House was privatized and sold to the German Ernst Klett Verlag. Martina Schmidt, managing director of the sister company Deuticke, was responsible for the publishing house from 2000 to 2003, until in December 2003 the Lower Austrian...

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