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{{Short description|German printer (1774–1833)}}
{{For|people with similar names|Friedrich König (disambiguation){{!}}Friedrich König}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Friedrich Koenig
| image = File:Friedrich Koenig.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1774|4|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| birth_name = Friedrich Gottlob Koenig
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1833|1|17|1774|4|17|df=yes}}
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| nationality = German
| occupation = [[Inventor]]
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[[File:Koenig's steam press - 1814.png|thumb|Koenig's 1814 steam-powered printing press]]
'''Friedrich Gottlob Koenig''' (17 April 1774 – 17 January 1833) was a [[
▲'''Friedrich Gottlob Koenig''' (17 April 1774 – 17 January 1833) was a [[Germany|German]] [[inventor]] best known for his high-speed [[printing press]], which he built together with watchmaker [[Andreas Friedrich Bauer]].
He moved to London in 1804 and in 1810 was granted a [[patent]] on his press, which produced its first trial run in April 1812.<ref name="meggs130-133">Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (pp 130–133)</ref> The machine was set up in their workshop, and invitations sent out to potential customers, notably [[John Walter (second)|John Walter]] of ''[[The Times]]''. Amidst much secrecy, for fear of upsetting the existing pressmen, trials were carried out with great success. The first issue of ''The Times'' printed with the new presses was published on 29 November 1814.<ref name="meggs130-133"/>
In August 1817 Koenig returned to Germany because of a disagreement with [[Thomas Bensley]], a London book printer partner, who Koenig believed sought sole rights to the new machine. After consideration he chose an abandoned monastery in [[Würzburg]] for the premises of the factory. The firm was called [[Koenig & Bauer]].
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212153/http://www.kba-print.de/en/unternehmen/geschichte/1850-1875.html History of Koenig & Bauer]
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