Der Anschnitt is the only montan historical periodical of international importance. Annually, it publishes six booklets with extensive essays on all periods of history of mining; Short contributions illuminate individual research aspects and results. Each issue includes a review section and a leaflet about the "Masterpieces of mining art and culture".
The respective last issue of the year includes the "International Bibliography - essay literature mining history". This insert includes publications that have appeared in the previous year in periodicals or anthologies outside Der Anschnitt.
Der Anschnitt is supplied by around 750 members of the association, many subscribers, research institutes and academic libraries worldwide. Publisher of this montane historical magazine is the "Association of Friends of Arts and Culture in mining e.V., Bochum," the Friends of the Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum (German Mining Museum).