Specialist publisher for nature, horticulture, agriculture and veterinary medicine with books, journals and digital offerings

Verlag Eugen Ulmer KG

Stuttgart (publishing headquarters) · Paris (subsidiary publisher Les Editions Eugen Ulmer)New on Amplifa

1868Founded

ca. 1600Available book titles

20+Specialist journals

15Employees in Paris (as of 2025)

5Generations of family ownership

About Verlag Eugen Ulmer

Verlag Eugen Ulmer is a specialist publisher headquartered in Stuttgart whose focus lies on the subject area of nature. The programme covers garden and plants, landscape construction, agriculture, livestock and pets, veterinary medicine, ecology and nature conservation as well as forestry. It comprises around 1600 available book titles, more than 20 specialist journals and digital offerings. The publisher was founded in 1868 by Eugen Ulmer and remains family-owned to this day; since 2007 Matthias Ulmer has run the company as the fifth generation. In 1993 he founded the Parisian publishing subsidiary Les Editions Eugen Ulmer, which counts among the leading French publishers in the garden subject area. The publisher is a member of the Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger (VDZ) and the Süddeutscher Zeitschriftenverlegerverband (SZV).

Site: Stuttgart
Processes: Publishing: specialist books, Specialist journals, digital offerings, Foreign Rights, advertising
Materials: Specialist books, Specialist journals, Digital offerings
Certificates: VDZ member
Founded: 1868
Industries: Publishing, Specialist media, Garden and plants, Garden and landscape construction, Agriculture, Livestock and pets

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Editorial and content editing
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Author support
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Production (book, journal, digital)
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Distribution via the book trade
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Foreign Rights and advertising

Programme and Services

Buch

Specialist books

Around 1600 available titles on nature, horticulture, agriculture and veterinary medicine.

Zeitschrift

Specialist journals

More than 20 specialist journals for professionals and practitioners.

Digital

Digital offerings

Digital products and bonus web codes complement the book and journal programme.

Locations

Stuttgart

Publishing headquarters

Materials: Specialist books, specialist journals, digital offerings

Paris

Subsidiary publisher Les Editions Eugen Ulmer

Materials: French-language garden programme

Industries

PublishingSpecialist mediaGarden and plantsGarden and landscape constructionAgricultureLivestock and petsVeterinary medicineEcology and nature conservationForestry

Additional services

Publishing: specialist booksSpecialist journalsdigital offeringsForeign Rightsadvertising

Association Memberships

The publisher is a member of the Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger (VDZ) and the Süddeutscher Zeitschriftenverlegerverband (SZV).

Evidence	Stuttgart
VDZ member

Publishing History

1868
Founded by Eugen Ulmer; takeover of a specialist programme on fruit growing from the Dorn'sche Buchhandlung in Ravensburg
1874
Publishing headquarters relocated to Stuttgart; development into a specialist publisher for agriculture and horticulture
Ende 19. Jh.
Eugen Ulmer jun. and Richard Ulmer take over the management of the publishing house
1990
GDR publisher Neumann is absorbed into Verlag Eugen Ulmer; takeover of specialist book divisions from, among others, Parey, BLV, Random House
1993
Foundation of the Parisian publishing subsidiary Les Editions Eugen Ulmer by Matthias Ulmer
2007
Roland Ulmer hands over sole management to Matthias Ulmer
2009–2014
Legal dispute over electronic library copies; ECJ ruling C-117/13 (2014)