Ignatz Wiemeler (1895–1952) was a German bookbinder and educator, internationally known and exhibited.
[1] He was part of the Offenbach School movement, alongside Rudolf Koch and the painter Karl Friedrich Lippmann.
Wiemeler was born on 3 October 1895 in Ibbenbüren, Germany, his father was a bookbinder.
[3][2] In 1925, he started teaching at Leipzig State Academy for the Book Trade and Graphic Arts (Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe) and left during World War II.
[3][4] He was a founding member of Bund Meister der Einbandkunst (Association of Master Bookbinding Designers).