439 years of paper production at Hahnemühle

439 years of Hahnemühle – Sustainable for more than 4oo years

Join us in celebrating our 439th birthday!  Can you believe it? Over four centuries of uninterrupted papermaking tradition in the location where the papermaker Merten Spieß founded the paper mill in 1584. Why did he find it here, of all places, at the foot of the Solling mountain range in southern Lower Saxony? This reason…

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437 Years of Hahnemühle Heritage

We have been papermakers since 1584 – Hahnemühle celebrates 437 years

While a well-known cola brand keeps its recipe in the safe, we use our old recipe books every day. We are celebrating our 437th birthday this year and are more than 300 years older than the American beverage manufacturer. For us, everything began on 27 February 1584 with pure spring water. We are the oldest…

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