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European Theme Route Paper
Up to the 19th century paper was produced exclusively by hand. The first step on the way to the mechanization of paper production was made with the construction of the "fourdrinier paper machine" by the French paper maker Robert.
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Alsemberg | Papermill Museum Herisem |
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Fabriekstraat 20 | 1652 Alsemberg | Belgium |
| The museum at Alsemberg, in the Molembeek Valley, 12 km south of Brussels, consists of an ancient farmstead, which incorporates a corn mill, a paper mill with 16th century origins and a building of 17... more >> |
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Amalfi | Paper Museum |
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Via delle Cartiere | Amalfi | Italy |
| Amalfi is an ancient town of arcaded houses situated on one of Europe’s most beautiful coastlines. In the early middle ages its traders had influence in most parts of the Mediterranean, and it was o... more >> |
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Arnhem | The Netherlands Open Air National Heritage Museum |
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Schelmseweg 89 | 6316 SJ Arnhem | Netherlands |
| The Netherlands Open Air Museum is one of several national museums inspired by the example of Skansen in Stockholm, that were established in north European countries in the decades before the First Wo... more >> |
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Basel | Basel Paper Mill and Swiss Museum of Paper, Writing and Printing |
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St Alban-Tal 35-37 | 4052 Basel | Switzerland |
| The Galliciani mill in Basle was converted to make paper in 1453, continued to do so until 1955, and was adapted as a museum in the 1970s. Its displays provide a comprehensive picture of the developme... more >> |
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Bergisch Gladbach | Rhineland Industrial Museum Old Dombach Paper Mill |
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Kürtener Straße | 51465 Bergisch Gladbach | Germany |
| It all begins with pulp. In ancient China it consisted of pounded natural fibres or – as in Europe later – old rags. The fibres are first soaked in water for several days causing them to swell. Th... more >> |
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Berlin | German Technical Museum |
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Trebbiner Strasse 9 | 10963 Berlin | Germany |
| The German Technical Museum holds one of the largest collections of its kind in Europe, but dates only from 1982. It was initially a museum of railways, and is based at the former Anhalter Bahnhof, on... more >> |
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Capellades | Capellades Paper Mill Museum |
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Pau Casal 10 | 08786 Capellades | Spain |
| The region around the town of Capellades was the most important centre for paper production in Catalonia. The museum is based in the Moli de la Vila, a 4-storey, 18-bay building of 1754. The technolog... more >> |
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Düren | Papermuseum |
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Wallstraße 4-8 | 52349 Düren | Germany |
| You can find it everywhere. The trouble is, mostly you don´t really notice it. It´s used in schools, or at work to store and carry information, in shops to pack food, as posters for publicity, or at... more >> |
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Dusniki Zdroj | The Museum of Papermaking at Duszniki Zdrój |
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ul. K³odzka 42 | 57-340 Dusniki Zdroj | Poland |
| Dusniki-Zdroj (Bad Reinerz) is a spa resort in the Sudenten Mountains, where the clear water of the River Bystrzyca was well-suited for paper-making. The paper mill built in 1605 has now been working ... more >> |
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Fabriano | Museum of paper and watermarks |
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Largo Fratelli Spacca 2 | 60044 Fabriano | Italy |
| Fabriano, a town of about 30,000 inhabitants on the slopes of the Apennines, 55 kim from the Adriatic coast at Ancona, has long been associated with the manufacture of paper. Its guild (or corporation... more >> |
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Hagen | LWL Open-Air Museum |
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Mäckingerbach | 58091 Hagen | Germany |
| The piercing pounding of the mighty scythe rings through the green valley of the Mäckinger stream – no wonder that the old blacksmiths suffered from deafness. Other locations are also full of activ... more >> |
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Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | The Paper Trail |
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Herts | HP3 9RL Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | Great Britain |
| The Paper Trail Project is a unique new industrial exploration centre. Based at the two mills that pioneered paper’s industrial revolution, the project brings together the past of an industry that h... more >> |
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Kotka | Sunila pulpmill |
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Kotka | Finland |
| The Sunila pulpmill at Kotka of 1937-8 was designed by the great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1888-1976) and is one of the most notable 20th century industrial buildings in Europe. It remains in pro... more >> |
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Laakirchen | Austrian Museum of Papermaking |
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Museumsplatz 1 | 4662 Laakirchen | Austria |
| The town of Laakirchen lies 11 km north of Gmund in Upper Austria and Steyrmühl is a hamlet a short distance further north, close to the E50 highway. A paper mill operated on an ancient water-power s... more >> |
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Mannheim | TECHNOSEUM. Museum of Technology and Labour |
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Museumstrasse 1 | 68165 Mannheim | Germany |
| The museum of technology and labour in Mannheim opened in 1990 in a Modernist building designed by the Berlin architect Ingeborg Kuhler. Its objective is to illuminate the process of industrialisation... more >> |
