About DDH Dachdecker Handwerk

DDH Dachdecker Handwerk

DDH Das Dachdecker-Handwerk — "Deutschlands führende Zeitschrift für Dach-, Wand- und Abdichtungstechnik" (Germany's leading journal for roofing, wall, and waterproofing technology) — has appeared since 1879 from the Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller in Cologne: the official organ of the Zentralverband des Deutschen Dachdeckerhandwerks e.V. (ZVDH). The 147th volume (2026) — the fortnightly (14-täglich) — the 22/23 issues plus 4 DDH Dachwissen — the 8,500 print (2026 media data), the 13,689 sessions/month online — the 1879-2026 roofer's paper.

Overview

The journal serves the roofing craft: the Dachdeckereien (roofing companies), the Zimmereien (carpentries), the Bauklempnereien (sheet-metal shops), the Fassadenbauer (facade builders), the Baustoffhersteller und -handel (building-material manufacturers/trade), the Sachverständige (experts), the Verbände (associations). The fortnightly rhythm — the 22/23 issues a year — follows the roofing year's rhythm: the seasons, the fairs. The DDH Dachwissen — the 4 extra issues — deepens: the knowledge.

The rubric structure — Technik, Produkte, ZVDH, DACH+HOLZ, Betrieb und Branche — tailors the content to the Berufsalltag (professional everyday): the market's needs. The market tools — the Marktübersichten (market overviews), Konjunkturbarometer (business barometer), Marktspiegel (market mirror), Messeberichterstattung (fair coverage) — help the roofers assert themselves: the market. The new-markets coverage — the Geschäftsfelder (business fields) — opens: the future.

History

The 1879 founding — the roofer's paper's birth — deserves its telling. The Erstausgabe 1879 — the Kaiserreich's — launched the Dachdecker-Handwerk: the roofers' journal. The 147 years — the 1879-2026 (the 147th Jahrgang) — span the roofing craft's modern history: the slate, the tile, the flat roof, the solar. The fortnightly rhythm — the 14-täglich — kept the roofers current: the 22/23 issues. The DDH Dachwissen — the 4 knowledge issues — added the depth: the teaching. The founding's function — the 1879's journalism — serves the craft: the roofers' paper — the century-and-a-half — the 1879's weckruf from the roof. The Rudolf Müller house — the Cologne publisher — deserves its telling. The Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller GmbH & Co. KG — Stolberger Straße 84, 50933 Köln (the 0221/5497) — the Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe's company — publishes the DDH: the fortnightly. The press service — the Justina Kroliczek (0221/5497-350, presse@rudolf-mueller.de, presseservice.rudolf-mueller.de) — handles the media: the group. The media sales — the 0221/5497-922 — sell the pages: the ads. The newsroom — the 0221/5497-201 (the Redaktion) — edits: the journal. The house's mission — the "Hand stets am Puls der Branche" (hand always on the industry's pulse) — defines the brand: the craft's publisher — Cologne's Rudolf Müller — the DDH's house. The ZVDH organ — the association's paper — deserves its telling. The official Organ des Zentralverbandes des Deutschen Dachdeckerhandwerks e.V. (ZVDH) — the central association — gives the journal the "besondere Nähe" (special closeness): the information advantage ("deutlichen Informationsvorsprung"). The ZVDH rubric — the association's news — reports the craft's politics: the Verband. The DACH+HOLZ — the fair (the rubric) — gathers the roofers and carpenters: the Messe. The organ's reach — the "Entscheider:innen der Branche im gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum" (the industry's decision-makers across the German-speaking region) — covers the D-A-CH: the craft. The organ's function — the association's — serves the members: the paper — the ZVDH's voice — the roofers' organ — since the organ.

The 2026 media data — the "Fachwissen. Vertrauen. Reichweite." — deserves its telling. The Mediadaten 2026 DDH — the werben.rudolf-mueller.de's — profiles the brand: the Titelporträt ("Ihre Bühne im Herzen des Dachdeckerhandwerks" — your stage in the heart of the roofing craft), the Analyse, the Themen- und Terminplan, the Werbeformate, the Sonderwerbeformen, the Sonderpublikationen, the Digital (Website, Newsletter, Native Advertising, Social Ads), the Corporate Media, the Sonderdrucke. The reach — Print 8,500 Exemplare; Online Ø 13,689 Sitzungen / 19,079 Seitenaufrufe per month — documents the 2026: the audited. The target — the "hochkarätig" (high-caliber) readership (the Dachdeckereien to the Verbände) — sells the advertisers: the decision-makers. The media data's function — the 2026's — serves the market: the brand — the DDH's stage. The Dach Training app — the playful learning — deserves its telling. The "Spielerisch lernen mit Dach Training" — the iOS/Android apps (dachtrainer-ios.ddh.de, dachtrainer-android.ddh.de) — prepares the apprentices for the Gesellenprüfung (journeyman's exam): the game. The Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe's mynewsdesk — the 2015 press release — launched the learning: the mobile. The keywords — the Dach, Dachdecker, App, Gesellenprüfung, Alwitra, DDH — tag the training: the exam. The app's function — the playful — serves the Nachwuchs (young talent): the learning — the roofers' future, gamified — the DDH's Dach Training. The Dachdecker.com cooperation — the 2012 content partnership — deserves its telling. The DS Digitale Seiten GmbH (Berlin) — the Innungsportal Dachdecker.com's operator — agreed the "umfangreiche Kooperation" (extensive cooperation) on 2 April 2012: the content partnership. The DDH Redaktion — the Fachinhalte (specialist content) for Dachdecker.com — supplies the portal: the journalism. The Dachdecker.com — the Fachtexte zum Thema Handwerk und Internet (specialist texts on craft and internet) in the DDH print and online — returns the favor: the digital. The Expertenrat — the DDH's expert council (Dachdecker.com's internet advisory) — advises the newsroom: the web. The joint marketing — the DDH-Abonnenten from the Innungsbetriebe — markets: the members. The cooperation's function — the 2012's — extended the reach: the online — the DDH's digital partnership. The E-paper and the subscription — the readers' access — deserves its telling. The E-Paper-Ausgabe — the €11.99 single, the €219.99 annual (23 issues) — digitizes the fortnightly: the app (the iTunes's auto-renewal, the 24-hour cancellation). The Jahresabonnement — the €295 inland / €331 abroad — subscribes the print: the year. The Probeabo — the €29 trial — tests: the taste. The Studentenabo — the €147.50 — educates: the students. The fachzeitungen.de's listing — the 12 + 4 DDH Dachwissen, the 4,151 sold / 9,364 distributed (older) — documents the trade: the 2026 update. The access's function — the print and the digital — serves the roofers: the subscription — the DDH's — the 1879's paper, in hand and on screen.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the roofing year's agenda. The technique coverage — the Technik (the Dach-, Wand-, Abdichtungstechnik) — roofs: the craft. The product coverage — the Produkte — equips: the materials. The association coverage — the ZVDH (the Zentralverband's) — organizes: the craft. The DACH+HOLZ — the fair and the theme — gathers: the scene. The business coverage — the Betrieb und Branche — manages: the companies.

The market coverage — the Marktübersichten, Konjunkturbarometer, Marktspiegel — measures: the economy. The fair coverage — the ausführliche Messeberichterstattung — reports: the fairs. The new-markets coverage — the "neue Märkte", the "neue Geschäftsfelder" — opens: the future. The Dachwissen — the 4 issues (the knowledge) — teaches: the deep. The formats' mix — the fortnightly, the Dachwissen — defines the journal: the roofer's — the 1879's.

Organization and Ownership

DDH Das Dachdecker-Handwerk is published by the Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Stolberger Straße 84, 50933 Köln — the Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe's. The editors — Malte von Lüttichau, Johannes Messer (the Chefredakteure; red.ddh@rudolf-mueller.de, 0221/5497-322) — lead the newsroom: the fortnightly. The managing director — Elke Herbst (the Geschäftsführerin) — runs the house: the 2012 cooperation's voice. The press — Justina Kroliczek (0221/5497-350) — handles the media: the Mediengruppe.

The business model follows the craft-press pattern: the subscriptions (€295 inland / €331 abroad; the €29 trial; the €147.50 student), the advertising (the roofing industry), the E-paper (€219.99), the media data. The 2026 reach — 8,500 print Exemplare; online Ø 13,689 Sitzungen / 19,079 Seitenaufrufe per month — documents the current: the media data. The ISSN — 0172-1003 — registers the journal: the 1879. Detailed revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The journal's digital home is ddh.de: the Fachportal — the leading (the 2026 media data's "führende Fachportal") — the news. The E-paper — the app (the Android's de.rudolfmueller.ddhdigital: the €11.99/€219.99) — digitizes the fortnightly: the mobile. The Dach Training — the dachtrainer-ios/android apps — trains the apprentices: the playful. The media data — the werben.rudolf-mueller.de's Mediadaten 2026 DDH — sells the brand: the "Fachwissen. Vertrauen. Reichweite." (expertise, trust, reach).

The digital strategy follows the craft-press logic: the fortnightly print for the roofers' depth — the Technik, the Markt — the portal for the daily roofing — the news. As the roofing journal — the Rudolf Müller-published Fachzeitschrift (the 1879 founding), the ZVDH's organ — DDH Das Dachdecker-Handwerk remains the craft's paper: the 147th volume — fortnightly in print, daily on ddh.de.