The invention of paper was just as significant for the global spread of culture and sciences as the invention of the printing press with movable type. This book offers a well-researched and clearly written history of paper production in Germany—from the medieval vat to the first German paper mill, founded in Berlin in 1818, and its branch in Hohenofen, to the modern high-tech paper machine. The author also conveys the fundamentals of paper history since its beginnings in China and introduces topics such as production technology, raw material extraction, as well as quality control and further processing. The presentation is complemented by an overview of all historical and still existing paper mills in Berlin and Brandenburg, a statistical appendix, and a comprehensive bibliography on the subject of paper.