Lithograph by Richter of the cloister at Münsterschwarzach where Koenig & Bauer established their paper company. From A.F. Bauer 1783 bis 1860 (Wurzburg: Koenig & Bauer, 1960) p. 27.

Lithograph by Richter of the cloister at Münsterschwarzach where Koenig & Bauer established their paper company. From A.F. Bauer 1783 bis 1860 (Wurzburg: Koenig & Bauer, 1960) p. 27.

Detail map of Münsterschwarzach, Schwarzach am Main, Bayern, Germany Overview map of Münsterschwarzach, Schwarzach am Main, Bayern, Germany

A: Münsterschwarzach, Schwarzach am Main, Bayern, Germany

Koenig & Bauer Establish the First Papermaking Machine in Bavaria

3/14/1828 to 1831

In 1828 Koenig & Bauer set up and patented the first papermaking machine in Bavaria at the Münster­schwarzach cloister mill. This diversification helped the company to survive the market crash after the July Revolution in Paris in 1830. The Münster­schwarzach papermaking machine was one of the first established in Germany, and probably the first papermaking machine designed and built in Germany. Previously at least one papermaking machine had been imported from England.

The Königlich-Bayerische Inteligenzblatt für de Isarkreis, 21 September 1831, published an article of the papermaking machine on pp. 802-805, with a large folding plate.

Timeline Themes

Book Production in the Industrial Revolution: Origins of Mass Media
Papermaking by Machine