Caption

Founded in 1783 by Johann Gottfried Brügelmann, the first textile factory on the European mainland. Brügelmann family mansion (the factory owner's villa)

Date

Oct 20, 2008

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Monheim

Reference

BRK25C18_211

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.7Mb (4.2Mb) / 18.7in x 12.4in / 5598 x 3726 (300dpi)

Keywords

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