Justus Perthes (publishing company)

Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha
Parent company	Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH
Status	Defunct
Founded	1785 (in Gotha); 1953 (in Darmstadt)
Founder	Justus Perthes (Gotha); Dr. Joachim Justus Perthes (Darmstadt);
Defunct	1953 (in Gotha); 1992 (in Darmstadt)
Successor	VEB Hermann Haack Geographisch-Kartographische Anstalt Gotha; Geographische Verlagsanstalt Justus Perthes Darmstadt;
Country of origin	Germany
Headquarters location	Gotha (1785-1953; 2016); Darmstadt (1953-1992);
Distribution	Worldwide
Nonfiction topics	Atlases, maps, almanacs

Justus Perthes Publishers (German: Justus Perthes Verlag) was established in 1785 in Gotha, Germany. Justus Perthes was primarily a publisher of geographic and historic atlases and (educational) wall maps. He published Petermann’s Geographische Mitteilungen (1855-2004), after having started with publishing the French Almanach de Gotha (German Gothaischer Genealogischer Hofkalender) (1785-1944). In 2016 the publisher was discontinued.