Thomas Helms Verlag
The Thomas Helms Verlag is a specialist publisher for North German culture, monument preservation, local and regional history, history, church and art history and is based in Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
History
In 1994, the publishing house was founded by the Schwerin photographer Thomas Helms who by then had already created the illustrations for many books. Among others, he worked for the, the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, the, Koehler & Amelang, E. A. Seemann, the publishing houses Christiansen,,, and Droemer Knaur. His focus is on architectural photography, and he is particularly interested in the history and regional studies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.The publishing house is a member of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.
Program
Since the founding of the publishing house, which was first called thomasius, more than 350 titles have been produced, many of them in several editions, with a focus on regional, cultural, architecture, church and art history of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. There are also a number of titles on northern German contemporary history. The programme features both scholarly titles and popular science publications.The series "Beiträge zur Architekturgeschichte und Denkmalpflege in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern", edited by Sabine Bock, now comprises thirteen weighty publications, some of which are multi-volume; the series "Beiträge zur pommerschen Landes-, Kirchen- und Kunstgeschichte", founded by Norbert Buske, already contains 18 titles and the series "Geschichte. Architecture. Art. Contributions to the Cultural Landscapes of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania".