The »Papyrer Von Der Göltzsch« P the Backstory Paper and Tin Are Synonymous with Tradition and Innovation

The »Papyrer von der Göltzsch« P The Backstory Paper and tin are synonymous with tradition and innovation. They are recyclable, natural products that show just what can be achieved when we use our planet’s resources carefully. Our mill in Greiz, Germany sits right on the shores of the romantic Göltzsch River, the largest tributary of the White Elster. Its waters have been used Udo Hollbach, Managing Director of in paper manufacturing for Koehler Greiz GmbH & Co. KG more than 400 years. Here, surrounded by nature, our Reigniting Our Senses thoughts inevitably turn to protecting the environment. Everything that is We have spent years working manufactured today to conserve the natural world has its origins in traditional – and our efforts are now handicraft. Paper and tin paying off. In the grounds are two such examples, and of our mill, you’ll find birds our project the "Papyrer building their nests and raising von der Göltzsch" combines their young. Wild ducks live at the very best of these two the water’s edge, roe deer run crafts. For the latest updates and more information on our Senses"Papyrer von der Göltzsch" project, visit www.papyrer.de along the embankments, these innovations, skilled and the river is once again craftsmanship is also home to many species of enjoying something of a fish. In recent times, some revival. Beautiful paper of our staff have even products like the box for enjoyed a couple of rare our tin figure are made sightings of a kingfisher largely by hand. And the hunting for food in the figure itself is the creation river. It’s wonderful to see of numerous skilled and exactly how we want artisans. things to stay. Paper and tin exude Industrialization and creativity, artistry, and digitalization are shaping beauty, and invite you to our daily lives like never experience them through before. It feels as though the sense of touch. Our life is becoming ever paper box and tin figure more fast-paced and are an enduring reminder complex. Now more than of the importance of our ever, it is vital that we senses. We want to slow put the creative ideas things down, to take time of engineers and the to experience them from findings of scientists every angle, to discover and researchers to good the very best these ancient use. However, alongside crafts have to offer. Admire every facet of the exquisite paper box and historic tin figure. Explore them through sight and touch. SensesReignite your senses. Udo Hollbach Udo Hollbach in conversation with former staff from the paper mill in Greiz 1591 1951 2016 Hans Rot receives 1589 the royal charter Official founding year of the paper mill Hans Rot opens a paper mill in 1637 2021 Aubachtal Since the Aubach does not supply enough water, 1952 papermaker Valentin Tischendorf moves the mill to the shores of the Göltzsch 1929 2014 Production of 1808 cardboard for punched card, the forerunner to electronic data Christian Friedrich processing August Günther purchases the Irchwitz paper mill for 15,000 thaler 1921 1865 2011 The village of Irchwitz is His grandson Franz incorporated into the Otto Günther installs town of Greiz. The an industrial paper factory undergoes a machine and sets up complete renovation a dedicated factory and extension work From Mill to Factory 400 years of papermaking on the 1920 1990 shores of the Göltzsch River The state of Thuringia is 1902 founded, meaning the factory now lies directly on the border between A factory health Thuringia and insurance fund is Saxony established along 1908 1909 2000 with other social 1998 measuresKoehler The Günthersfeld Felix Günther invents company housing crepe paper estate is created 1591 1951 2016 1589 Construction of the A paper machine is office building and made available for staff rooms vocational training 1637 2021 1952 The"Papyrer von der Göltzsch" project is launched The use of plastic screens is trialled in a world first 1929 2014 1808 Construction of the river dam, including a fish pass 1921 1865 2011 The mill invests in a fully organic wastewater system 1920 1990 1902 The publicly owned Greiz paper mill is privatized 1908 1909 2000 1998 High levels of Koehlerinvestment and switch to products August Koehler AG madefrom 100 % and Euler GmbH & wasted paper as the Co. KG take over the raw material for the Greiz paper mill fibers A drawing by illustrator Sascha Lunyakov was used as the template for engraving the tin figure. Did you know... ...that the “Göltzsch pearl” was not a real pearl, but a ...that until 1850 paper was kind of marbled paper? made entirely from rags, and that you needed a ...that the papermaker Felix license to collect rags? Günther was also given the title of Prince of Irchwitz? ...that for centuries, paper mill owners also farmed ...that the Göltzsch paper livestock and crops? factory was one of the first companies to set up a ...that at the start of the canteen for its workers and 20th century, high-grade a company kindergarten? special paper from the FactsGöltzsch region was sold ...that staff were paid a under brand names such as bonus to use the company Marmorella, Eidechse and baths regularly? Tarantella? ...that there was a cow almost every stationery barn in the paper factory shop in Germany? until 1911? ...that all recycled paper ...that for years, Greiz and cardboard from the was the only place in the Greiz paper factory has GDR where papermakers been awarded the learned their craft? "Blue Angel” ecolabel? ...that the people of Greiz started systematically recycling used paper some 100 years ago? ...that the brightly colored cardboard from the Göltzsch region is sold in The tin figure rendered in color by miniatures painter FactsMartin Lother How Paper is Made Papermaking in 1591 – then The only raw material used to make paper was rags, which were bought up by rag collectors going door-to-door. In the paper mill, the rags were cleaned and sorted by material and color, and any unwanted objects such as buttons, eyelets, or leather were removed. The rags were cut into small pieces and soaked for several days, before being placed in a mill powered by a large wheel Illustrati on of a paper mill in the late 17th century: In the foreground, a worker couches where they were broken the paper. To the right, another lays the down into individual fibers. sheets, while the worker at the center of the illustrati on scoops the paper out of the vat. In This milling process took 12 the background you can see the rag mill driven to 24 hours, and resulted in by the large mill wheel. a material that was ready to be turned into paper. Producing the sheets of great deal of skill. The paper was an entirely result was a wet sheet of manual process. The mixture paper that was then was heavily diluted and transferred to a sheet of poured into a vat. The felt, ready for a process papermaker then used a flat called “couching.” The bronze screen with a papermaker would lay removable frame to scoop another sheet of felt on top the paper out of the vat in of the paper, gradually the shape of a sheet – a building up a stack of felt Paperprocess which required a and paper sheets. A large How Paper Got its Watermark Our ”Papyrer von der Göltzsch” is using a papermaking frame that bears the logo of Euler ColorTech Paper as a watermark. To create a watermark like this, a piece of wire was placed onto the metal screen to create a raised contour. Where the wire sits, the paper is thinner, allowing more light through than the rest of the sheet. The technique of papermaking was wooden press was then developed in China long used to squeeze as much before it came to Europe water as possible out of the by way of the Arabic stack, and the paper sheets world. Frames containing were hung out to dry on metal wires were an Arab lines made from horsehair. invention, along with the So that the paper could be use of water to power the written on, a coat of heavy equipment. But the animal-based glue was art of watermarking is a applied to the surface. European development. Finally, the paper was Italian, French, Dutch, and smoothed by hand using a – later on – German paper smoothing stone, or a was highly sought after for hammer that was also its quality. Paperdriven by the mill wheel. If you would like to learn more in Greiz und Fockendorf is about the history of paper worth a read (“The History of production along the Göltzsch Paper in Greiz and Fockendorf, River, then Frank Heinzig’s book East Thuringia”, available in Ostthüringer Papiergeschichte German only). The book is available from retailers under the ISBN: 978- 3-943210-98-9. In 2021, Greiz- based publisher Buchverlag König is set to publish another book from Frank Heinzig, this one titled Geschichte der PaperGreizer Papiermacherfamilie Günther (“History of the Günther Papermaking Family of Greiz”). The paper museum in Fockendorf is also well worth a visit. www.papiermuseum.net Papermaking Made Easy household items to make your own paper. They are: Are you interested in how an old newspaper, a large paper is made? Why not pan or pot, a ladle, a whisk, have a go yourself? It’s a sieve, a food processor, a great fun for kids too. bowl or tub, water, a rolling Aside from a papermaking pin, cloths made of a fleece frame, which you can material, a sponge or an purchase for a low cost old dishtowel, a clothesline, from a specialist retailer, or an iron and ironing board, even make yourself from a sachet of gelatin, and wood and a fly screen, you a paintbrush.

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