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 geographical and historical atlases and educational wall maps. They published the Almanach de Gotha (German Gothaischer Genealogischer Hofkalender) from 1785 to 1944, and Petermann’s Geographische Mitteilungen from 1855 to 2004. In 2016 the publisher was dissolved.