Nestled in the beautiful countryside of Dassel-Relliehausen in Lower Saxony, Germany, Hahnemühle is Germany’s oldest artist paper mill, with a proud history dating back to 1584. Since then, the company has owned its own water rights at the foot of the Solling Mountains. Today, the pure, soft water from the paper manufacturer’s artesian wells remains…
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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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Sustainability and social responsibility, the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), have always had a high priority at Hahnemühle. Without this uncompromising commitment of the company, the uninterrupted production of exquisite papers at the same location for over four hundred years would not be possible. Sustainability in the truest sense of the word is lived…
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Our last article was about our sustainable FineArt inkjet papers of the Natural Line. Without the commitment to the production site in Dassel, the clean water, the natural fibres, as well as the first-class know-how in paper production, these unique papers would have not been possible. They reflect how uncompromisingly we respect our environment and…
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Clean water, natural fibres, first-rate expertise in the art of paper production and absolute commitment to quality have formed the foundation of our success for over 435 years. In our business, we feel we have a certain duty towards the environment. For many years, we have been supporting both regional and international environmental projects as…
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Alexa Dilla, painter on board of cruise ships, author and lecturer, made a stop-over at our paper mill and had been impressed by process of artist paper making that she likes so much. Read her guest contribution about her visit to the oldest German artists’ paper factory. “An opportunity I hoped to be offered for…
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