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Ulman Stromer

Trader and councillor of Nuremberg (1329–1407)

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Trader and councillor of Nuremberg (1329–1407)

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name	Ulman Stromer
image	Nuremberg chronicles - Nuremberga.png
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caption	Stromer's paper mill in the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493. The building complex is at the lower right corner, outside the city perimeter.
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birth_date
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nationality	German
occupation	long-distance trader, factory owner
known_for	councillor of Nuremberg
notable_works	first permanent paper mill north of the Alps, at the Pegnitz river

Ulman Stromer (6 January 1329 – 3 April 1407) was a German long-distance trader, factory owner and councillor of Nuremberg, then a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. He ran the family enterprise, one of the largest of the prospering trade center, from 1370 until his death by the plague in 1407.

In 1390, he established the first permanent paper mill north of the Alps, at the Pegnitz river not far from the city.:

In the name of Christ, amen. Anno Domini 1390, I, Ulman Stromer, started at making paper on St. John's day at the Solstice, and began to set up a wheel in the Gleissmühle, and Clos Obsser was the first who came to work.
Ulman Stromer

Stromer decided to start a paper-mill after he recognised the success that this business was having in Italy. In order to secure the know-how he employed the Italian brothers Marco and Francisco di Marchia and their boy Bartolomeo, bringing them to Nuremberg.

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{{harvnb. Stromer. 1960
{{wsPSM. The First German Paper-maker. 42. November 1892

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