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Ergon publishing house was founded in 1989 by Dr. Hans-Jürgen Dietrich, leading off with a publication on the subject "Gardens" - a richly illustrated book bringing together studies which represented the different scholarly fields at the University of Würzburg.
In the following year, Ergon started its fruitful cooperation with the "Rückert Gesellschaft e.V.". This cooperation meant an important impulse to the future outline of the Ergon publishing program. The first scientific book series were initiated, with the emphasis on oriental and literary studies, then.
Of outstanding importance for the development of Ergon was the publication of Friedrich Rückert’s translation of the "Koran", brilliantly edited by Hartmut Bobzin and Wolfdietrich Fischer, in 1995. In numerous press reviews (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung et al.) Rückert’s translation was described as a "masterpiece of German literature". One of the great supporters of this publication was Annemarie Schimmel, who was awarded the "Peace Prize of the German Book Trade" ("Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels"), in the same year.