Friedrich Soennecken

Friedrich Soennecken (September 20, 1848 in Iserlohn-Dröschede, Sauerland – July 2, 1919 in Bonn), was entrepreneur and inventor. He was the founder of Soennecken, a German office supplier.

Soennecken was born in 1848 as a son of a forge. On May 27 1875 he founded the " the F. Soennecken Verlag", a commercial enterprise in Remscheid, Westphalia. His main invention is the development of writing with a round tip of a pen (nibs). It eased the way of writing with pens up to now. Soennecken published writing books for the new type of writing appearing in several languages. He also introduced the two-hole-perforator. In 1876 he and his company relocated to Poppelsdorf, near Bonn to be closer to the University which later awarded him the honor title "Dr. med. h. c.".

In 1888, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a friend, that he discovered finally quality paper to write on and a pen, that is from Germany: "Soenneckens Rundschrift Federhalter"

Inventions

* as apprentice: Ink container with stable stand
* 1860: Development of writing with round tip of the feather of a pen (nibs)
* round writing, model of our current script
* 1886: An early type of binders is introduced which later becomes the " Soennecken file "
* Introduction of the punch
* The ring binder, later symbolically part of the Logo of Soennecken

Literature

* Hans Schreiber: Soennecken Alphabete No. 7 (Neue Rundschrift), Verlag Soennecken, Zurich, approx. 1930

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6091687 Portrait and grave of F. Soennecken]
* [http://www.poppelsdorf.de/zwischen_melb_und_weiher-Soennecken.htm life and history of Soennecken (German)]