It was in the summer of 1863, when 23-year old shoemaker and guild member Carl Semler registered his independent shoemaking business in Pirmasens, a landgraviate garrison city...

Since then many things have happened on the SEMLER premises. Run by the 5th generation of the SEMLER family we have become the leading manufacturer of high-quality ladies footwear. Nevertheless we have not forgotten the origins of our company: we still manufacture high-quality footwear at our premises in Pirmasens, in the sense of traditional craftsmanship.

1863

Foundation of shoemaker workshop

1875

Expansion and hiring of workers, production of woven slippers and fur fabric slippers. First use of machine power.

1890

70 workers already – still manufacturing woven slippers

1900

Successive reorganization of the production to ladies footwear

1925

Beginning of the production of stylish ladies shoes. Altogether 1800 pairs of shoes are produced every day. In the mid-1930s production includes ladies orthopedic footwear. Staff increases to 500 workers.

1945

in March the company was completely destroyed. Reconstruction and restart with 130 workers.

1948

since then we have been exclusively dedicated to manufacture high quality ladies comfort shoes.

Represented in the 5th generation by CEOs Jürgen Becker and Stefan Markert, approximately 2500 pairs of shoes are manufactured daily at the traditional premises in the heart of Pirmasens.

Altogether approximately 550 workers are employed in our premises in Germany and Hungary.