Ulman Stromer (6 January 1329 – 3 April 1407) was a

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long-distance trader, factory owner and councillor of

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, then a

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of the

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. 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

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north of the Alps, at the Pegnitz river not far from the city.: 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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stromer, Ulman Businesspeople from Nuremberg 1329 births 1407 deaths Papermakers 14th-century German businesspeople 15th-century German businesspeople Medieval German merchants