Friedrich Soennecken

Friedrich Soennecken ( born September 20, 1848 in Dröschede (now city of Iserlohn ); † July 2, 1919 in Bonn ) was a German businessman, entrepreneur, inventor and graphic artist in the early days. He was the founder of the office supplies manufacturer Soennecken and developed the Rundschrift with Rundschrift springs ( Gleichzugfedern ). According to him were a street in Iserlohn, the Friedrich- Soennecken School in Poppelsdorf and a road in Tannenbusch, today named both areas of Bonn.

Life and work

Soennecken came in 1848 as the son of a blacksmith to the world. On 27 May 1875 he founded the F. Soennecken Publishing, a trading company in Remscheid. Through his inventions and developments around writing and writing the company developed very well. On October 19, 1876, he moved with his company, because of the proximity to the University of Bonn, to Poppelsdorf.

Here began in 1877 in Luis Street, the production of the nibs to prevent imports from England. In 1884, he moved to an area between Kirschalle and tow path, where a three-story building was erected. Expanding scale was 1887, the plant area to expand. 1883 employed the young entrepreneur 40 employees. The first global success was Soennecken with the design of a new type of nib, the round pen for writing fountain pen.

At that time, with pointed feathers ( Schwellzugfedern ) was that originally came from England. Soennecken was initially his feathers in England to manufacture and began production in Poppelsdorf later. To create paragraph, Soennecken developed even to the springs right, building on the French Ronde font Rundschrift, a script that was easier to learn by facilitating hand position as the Schwellschrift. Especially for learning to write in school writing has been made easier. His publisher issued teaching and exercise books, exercise books the round. They appeared in several languages ​​and promoted at the same time for the Rundschrift feathers, which he sold in parallel.

Soennecken is considered the inventor of the file folder, which he did in 1886 as a "Letter Folder" on the market. As Komplementärgut he was on November 14, 1886 his paper punch for binders ( "apparatus for temporarily fastening together of letters " in patent application ) patent ( later advertising slogan: Small or large - punch splendid! ) In 1890, he developed a Flip calendars, 1903 ring binders Am.. October 3, 1896 to new premises in Poppelsdorf was inaugurated., the first portable punch with name "Phoenix" was sold in 1901 by the Stuttgart company Louis Leitz, which had already been developed in 1871 named after her Leitz folder. was on February 19, 1898 a building for the furniture manufacturing inaugurated. since 1903/1904 presented Soennecken also shelving and office cabinets ago, 1905 " Soennecken 'was registered as a trademark., 1910, he was honored for his inventions at the World Exhibition in Brussels. his company evolved to a global firm. alone 1913 sent Soennecken with the help of 1,000 employees on its export houses in Berlin, Leipzig, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Paris 72,000 packages to Australia and India.

Son Alfred Soennecken ( born January 24, 1881 in Bonn, † July 19, 1954 ) worked since 1911 at the factory. 1911, a five-story headquarters in Poppelsdorf was completed. Friedrich Soennecken daughter Caroline ( born June 8, 1883 † 1972), married in 1911 Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, the son of Rudolf Hammerschmidt. The continuing operations of Alfred Soennecken after the death of his father in 1919 Soennecken company went bankrupt in 1973, but the " bulk purchase association German office supply retailer " sells office products continue under the name " Soennecken eG", Overath. The merger between the Soennecken eG and office Actuell eG evolved in 1999 the Branion eG, which changed its name in Soennecken eG 2007.

Friedrich Soennecken died on 2 July 1919, he was buried in the family mausoleum on the Poppelsdorfer cemetery in Bonn.

Other inventions and developments

  • As an apprentice: ink container with a wood block to the stability
  • 1860: Development of Rundschrift, a model of today's cursive
  • 1877: Travel copying press
  • School spring III, for use in schools
  • 1889: Fountain pen with high quality, acid-resistant gold nib
  • 1890: Umlegkalender
  • 1903: Ring Binder, symbolic part of the logo Soennecken

Awards

  • Dr. hc, posthumously awarded by the University of Bonn

This and that

1888 Friedrich Nietzsche wrote to a friend: " ... I discovered this paper, the first on which I can write. Insgleichen spring, but those from Germany: Soennecken Rundschrift spring ".

Publications

  • The round font. Bonn 1876.
  • The German scholarly journals and the need to reform. Bonn / Leipzig 1881.
  • Fracture or Roman in the first class? Lecture by Frederick Sonn Corners, held in Bonn in 1913. Bonn (among others) in 1913.
  • - Richard Doering: The uses of the war wounded in the trade. Two lectures, held at the meeting of the war wounded. Care, 23 to 25 August (1916 ) in Cologne. Hamburg 1916.
  • The inscription at the Reichstag building, " the German people ". A scripture study. Munich in 1920, DNB.
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