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Headquarters: Emsdetten Industry: Textile industry, trade (textiles) As schoolmaster and sexton, members of the Stroetmann family have belonged to the rural upper class in Emsdetten since the early 18th century. Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Stroetmann (1730-1811), who worked as a notary and sexton in Emsdetten, deserves special mention. His grandson Bernard Wilhelm (1799-1886) founded the company B. W. Stroetmann as a factory weaving mill. In the 1820s, however, in which the tradition of the stock began, he was active as a trader. He not only imported colonial and other goods, but also bought linen cloth, which was used for weaving the home trade in and around Emsdetten. The 1850s were marked by the transition from home trade to weaving in factory halls. After Th. Hollefeld