!!!Fleissner, Herbert b. Cheb, Czech Republic (then Eger), June 2, 1928, publisher. Studied law in Innsbruck and went to Munich in 1952, where he founded a mail-order business which dealt in books, and a publishing house. By acquiring further publishing houses (Amalthea, Herbig and Langen Mueller), established a group of publishing houses based in Germany and Vienna. In 1984 this group was merged with the book publishers belonging to the Axel Springer Publishing House in Berlin. !Literature H. Sarkowicz, Rechte Geschaefte. Der unaufhaltsame Aufstieg des dt. Verlegers H. F., 1994. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Fleissner,_Herbert|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]