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[[Image:Logo-Soennecken.svg|center|500px|Soennecken Logo]]

[[Image:Logo-Soennecken.svg|center|500px|Soennecken Logo]]

The [[Soennecken]] was founded in 1875, and born as a manufacturer of pens and inkwells. It is one of the most important historical producers of fountain pens in Germany and is widely regarded as the first German company to have made fountain pens that were already included in his catalog of 1890.  

The [[Soennecken]] was founded in 1875, and born as a manufacturer of pens and inkwells. It is one of the most important historical producers of fountain pens in Germany and is widely regarded as the first German company to have made fountain pens that were already included in his catalog of 1890.  

[[Image:Soennecken-Plant.jpg|thumb|[[Soennecken]] plant in Poppelsdorf (Bonn)]]

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The golden age of the company is to be situated in the '30s when [[Soennecken]] produced probably the best pens available on the German market. Like other companies it suffered a decisive crisis on the '60s due to the introduction of the disposable ballpoint pens and closed its doors in 1967. Today the brand name is used for stationery items. Because of their high quality, remained constant even in the final crisis period of the company, the [[Soennecken]] fountain pens are now high sought with lot of interest from collectors.

The golden age of the company is to be situated in the '30s when [[Soennecken]] produced probably the best pens available on the German market. Like other companies it suffered a decisive crisis on the '60s due to the introduction of the disposable ballpoint pens and closed its doors in 1967. Today the brand name is used for stationery items. Because of their high quality, remained constant even in the final crisis period of the company, the [[Soennecken]] fountain pens are now high sought with lot of interest from collectors.

''[[Soennecken|Soennecken Verlag]]'' was founded in 1875 when ''Friedrich Soennecken'' went into business by opening a stationery store in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iserlohn Iserlohn]. ''Friederich Soennecken''  had already founded in 1868 the ''Kaufmannische Verein Iserlohn'', an association dedicated to business correspondence, and had developed his own style of calligraphy.  

''[[Soennecken|Soennecken Verlag]]'' was founded in 1875 when ''Friedrich Soennecken'' went into business by opening a stationery store in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iserlohn Iserlohn]. ''Friederich Soennecken''  had already founded in 1868 the ''Kaufmannische Verein Iserlohn'', an association dedicated to business correspondence, and had developed his own style of calligraphy.  

[[Image:StemmaSoennecken.jpg|thumb|Logo della Soennecken|150px|right|Photos of a [[Soennecken]] stone logo present on the company building]]

[[Image:StemmaSoennecken.jpg|thumb|Logo della Soennecken|150px|right|Photos of a [[Soennecken]] stone logo present on the company building]]

With the opening of the store, he started sales of nibs, ink and handwriting workbooks that were a hit among the college students, so that in 1876 he moved to the university city of Bonn. Due to the success of his style the company had expanded significantly, and in 1883 a three floors home was built in [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppelsdorf Poppelsdorf], in the Bonn center, where approximately forty employees operates. In this same period, the company expanded in the writing instruments market, thanks to inventions like the loose-leaf notebook, and the paper drill. The [[Soennecken]] became one of the leading German manufacturers in the field of stationery, also extending its production to office furniture.  

The start of fountain pens production is not known precisely, but it is known that they were listed in a catalog of 1890, along with over 150 other stationery products. These models were hard rubber eyedropper pens, characterized by a lock line for the cap. These pens were characterized by the imprinting ''F. Soennecken 554'' and were available in four sizes (numbered from 3 to 6) and equipped with the gold nib produced by the company.

The start of  fountain pens production is not known precisely, but it is known that they were listed in a catalog of 1890, along with over 150 other stationery products. These models were hard rubber eyedropper pens, characterized by a lock line for the cap. These pens were characterized by the imprinting ''F. Soennecken 554'' and were available in four sizes (numbered from 3 to 6) and equipped with the gold nib produced by the company.

There is not much information available about these early models; according to Lambrou there were different variants: the number 575 with cylindrical cap, the number 576 with conical cap and an ''[[overfeed]]'' feeder, the  number 577 with conical cap.

[[Image:Soennecken-Catalog.jpg|thumb|Soennecken catalog|150px|left|Photos of a 1895 [[Soennecken]] catalog]]

[[Image:Soennecken-Catalog.jpg|thumb|Soennecken catalog|150px|left|Photos of a 1895 [[Soennecken]] catalog]]

 

The first [[safety]] fountain pen was built in 1905, it adopted a device similar to that adopted by [[Kaweco]] with a bump on the bottom of the cap that allowed to facilitate the rotation (and the consequent return of the mechanism), by setting the cap on the back of the pen in a corresponding incision. There were shown over 30 different models of those new pens in a catalog of 1905.

The first [[safety]] fountain pen was built in 1905, it adopted a device similar to that adopted by [[Kaweco]] with a bump on the bottom of the cap that allowed to facilitate the rotation (and the consequent return of the mechanism), by setting the cap on the back of the pen in a corresponding incision. There were shown over 30 different models of those new pens in a catalog of 1905.