Nyob rau lub sijhawm xyoo pua-15, John Gutenberg, uas nyob ze ntawm Frankfurt, tau tsim ntawv luam ntawv thiab luam tawm thawj phau ntawv luam tawm ntawm phau Vajlugkub. Thawj 180 daim ntawv raug muag tawm ua ntej nws tau raug tso tawm. Kev sawv ntawm kev luam ntawv ua rau 16 thiab 17 xyoo pua
Frankfurt tau dhau los ua qhov chaw lag luam tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws Yelemes. Nws cov kev pabcuam tsis yog tsuas yog rau cov neeg German, tabsis kuj tseem rau lwm tebchaws Latin-hais lus European. Cov phau ntawv tau raug xa mus rau Frankfurt hauv cov thawv ntawv thiab coj rov qab mus rau hauv kev muag khoom hauv zej zog los ntawm cov ntawv nyeem los ntawm thoob plaws.
Rau ib lub sijhawm, cov phau ntawv hauv Frankfurt tau raug nruj me ntsis los ntawm tsev neeg muaj koob muaj npe, thiab phau ntawv lag luam chaw hauv Tebchaws Yelemees tau pauv mus rau cov neeg ywj pheej thiab qhib lub nroog Leipzig ntau dua. Tom qab Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Thib Ob, Frankfurt ib zaug ntxiv los ua qhov chaw ntawm phau ntawv kev lag luam. Thaum xyoo 1949, thawj phau ntawv nthuav qhia niaj hnub no yog nthuav tawm hauv Paul' s Lub Koom Txoos hauv Frankfurt. German' kev xav rau cov ntawv nyeem, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov ntawv sau txawv teb chaws, pab txhawb rau phau ntawv ncaj ncees. Los ntawm 1954, kev koom tes ntawm cov tshaj tawm txawv teb chaws tshaj li qhov tau tshaj ntawm German kev tshaj tawm kev lag luam.