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Fritz Pfleumer (20 March 1881 in Salzburg
Salzburg

is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria and the capital city of the states of Austria of Salzburg ....
 – 29 August 1945 in Radebeul
Radebeul

Radebeul is a town in the Elbe valley in the district of Mei?en in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. It is well-known for its viticulture, a museum dedicated to writer Karl May and a narrow gauge railway Radebeul-Radeburg line connecting Radebeul with the castle of Moritzburg and the town of Radeburg....
) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
-Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
 who invented magnetic tape
Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording generally consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long and narrow strip of plastic. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for recording Audio frequency or video or for computer data storage....
 for recording sound.

Fritz was born as the son of Robert and Minna, née Hünich. His father Robert (1848–1934) was born in Greiz
Greiz

Greiz is a town in Thuringia, the capital of the Greiz . Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia on the river Wei?e Elster.The prime location of Greiz at the river Wei?e Elster and the stream G?ltzsch made it a fast growing town....
, and his mother Minna (1846–1932) was born in Freiberg
Freiberg, Saxony

Freiberg is a city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the Mittelsachsen district.The city was founded in 1186, and has been a center of the mining industry in the Ore Mountains for centuries....
. Fritz had five siblings – Mimi, Hans, Hermann, Otto, and Mizi, one of whom, Hans, emigrated to the USA.

Pfleumer began his engineering studies at a university in Dresden
Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
 in 1897.

Pfleumer had developed a process for putting metal stripes on cigaratte papers, and reasoned that he could similarly coat a magnetic stripe, to be used as an alternative to wire recording. In 1927, after experimenting with various materials, Pfleumer used very thin paper which he coated with iron oxide powder using lacquer as glue.






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Fritz Pfleumer (20 March 1881 in Salzburg
Salzburg

is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria and the capital city of the states of Austria of Salzburg ....
 – 29 August 1945 in Radebeul
Radebeul

Radebeul is a town in the Elbe valley in the district of Mei?en in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. It is well-known for its viticulture, a museum dedicated to writer Karl May and a narrow gauge railway Radebeul-Radeburg line connecting Radebeul with the castle of Moritzburg and the town of Radeburg....
) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
-Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
 who invented magnetic tape
Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording generally consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long and narrow strip of plastic. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for recording Audio frequency or video or for computer data storage....
 for recording sound.

Fritz was born as the son of Robert and Minna, née Hünich. His father Robert (1848–1934) was born in Greiz
Greiz

Greiz is a town in Thuringia, the capital of the Greiz . Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia on the river Wei?e Elster.The prime location of Greiz at the river Wei?e Elster and the stream G?ltzsch made it a fast growing town....
, and his mother Minna (1846–1932) was born in Freiberg
Freiberg, Saxony

Freiberg is a city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the Mittelsachsen district.The city was founded in 1186, and has been a center of the mining industry in the Ore Mountains for centuries....
. Fritz had five siblings – Mimi, Hans, Hermann, Otto, and Mizi, one of whom, Hans, emigrated to the USA.

Pfleumer began his engineering studies at a university in Dresden
Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
 in 1897.

Pfleumer had developed a process for putting metal stripes on cigaratte papers, and reasoned that he could similarly coat a magnetic stripe, to be used as an alternative to wire recording. In 1927, after experimenting with various materials, Pfleumer used very thin paper which he coated with iron oxide powder using lacquer as glue. He received a patent in 1928.

On December 1, 1932 Pfleumer granted the right of use to the AEG
AEG

AEG was a Germany producer of electronics and electrical equipment. AEG was founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau who had bought some patents from American inventor Thomas Edison....
 that based on his invention built the world's first practical tape recorder
Tape recorder

This article deals mainly with analog signal tape recorders for Sound recording and reproduction applications; information on Digital Audio Tape, recording of Videocassette recorder, and data logger can be found in other articles....
 called Magnetophon
Magnetophon

Magnetophon was the brand or model name of the pioneering reel-to-reel tape recorder developed by engineers of the German electronics company AEG in the 1930s, based on the magnetic tape invention by Fritz Pfleumer....
 K1. It was first demonstrated at the IFA
Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin

The IFA or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin is one of the oldest industrial exhibitions in Germany. Between 1926 and 1939 it was an annual event, but as from 1950 it was organized on a two yearly basis until 2005....
 in 1935.

External links

  • - Museum of Historic Video Equipment - Beginnings of Magnetic Recording - Audio, 1920-30s
  • by Wayne Carlson, Ohio State University
    Ohio State University

    The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
  • - German biography of Pfleumer from a local (Dresden) point of view