Das Schwarze Auge is a 41-book series with 41 released primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Ulrich Kiesow, Ina Kramer, Pamela Rumpel, Christel Scheja, Uschi Zietsch, Ulrich. Kiesow, Jörg Raddatz, Bernhard Hennen, Hans-Joachim Alpers, Christian Jentzsch, Hadmar von Wieser, Lena Falkenhagen, Gun-Britt Tödter, Karl-Heinz Witzko, Barbara Büchner, Momo Evers, Heike Kamaris, Jesco von Voss, Daniel Jödemann, Thomas Walach-Brinek, Andreas Brandhorst, and Wolfgang Hohlbein.