1923

The story of hummel takes its beginning in Hamburg in 1923 where the Messmer family started applying the first rubber outsoles to footwear. By clicking the decades on the left hand menu and the specific years at the top of this section you can read about the development in the life of the company known as the most exciting teamsport brand in the world – from 1923 until today where technology and fashion have become vitals elements to a story that has only just begun… 

Michael and Albrech Ludwig Messmer found the factory/company “Messmer
& Co.” in a backyard in the Hamburg village of Eppendorf in 1919.
The Messmer family produces sporting goods and quite extraordinarily
the family can offer rubber outsoles in their line of handball and
football footwear.

The name hummel is used for the first time in 1923 connection with
sporting goods when the Messmer family launches a collection which
contains football boots and shoes for cycling, athletics and handball.