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The first edition of the ''F.A.Z.'' appeared on 1 November 1949;<ref>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-ifra.org/system/files/field_article_file/WPT_Sample_report_Germany.pdf|work=WAN IFRA|access-date=4 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Sigurd Hess|title=German Intelligence Organizations and the Media|journal=Journal of Intelligence History|date=2009|volume=9|issue=1–2|pages=75–87|doi=10.1080/16161262.2009.10555166|s2cid=154195583}}</ref> its founding editors were Hans Baumgarten, Erich Dombrowski, Karl Korn, [[Paul Sethe]] and [[Erich Welter]].<ref>Robert Williams (Dissertation): "Das Freie Wort? The structuring of East and West German Press Culture during the American and Soviet Occupations" American University, Washington D.C., 2013, page 165 f.</ref> Welter acted as editor until 1980. Some editors had worked for the [[moderate]] ''[[Frankfurter Zeitung]]'', which had been banned in 1943. However, in their first issue, the ''F.A.Z.'' [[editorial]] expressly refuted the notion of being the earlier paper's successor or of continuing its legacy:
 
{{quote|text= Arising from the fact that some of our colleagues previously were members of the ''Frankfurter Zeitung'', it often has been suggested an attempt was being made here to be the successor to that newspaper. Such an assumption misjudges our intentions. Like everyone, we too are astonished atadmired the high quality of that paper; ...however, showing respect for an amazingoutstanding achievement does not imply a desire to copy it.|sign= FAZ Editorial board|source= Dohrendorf, 1990.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rüdiger Dohrendorf|title=Zum publizistischen Profil der ''Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung'': computerunterstützte Inhaltsanalyse von Kommentaren der FAZ|language=de|trans-title=On the media profile of the ''Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung'': computer-aided text analysis of commentary in the FAZ|publisher= Lang|location= Frankfurt am Main|year=1990|orig-date=First published in 1990 as the author's doctoral thesis at the [[University of Hamburg]]|series=Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe XXII, Soziologie; Bd. 204.|isbn=978-3-631-43179-5|oclc=25676477|page=9|quote=Aus der Tatsache, daß einige unserer Mitarbeiter früher der Redaktion der ‚Frankfurter Zeitung' angehört haben, ist vielfach geschlossen worden, hier werde der Versuch gemacht, die Nachfolgeschaft dieses Blattes anzutreten. Eine solche Annahme verkennt unsere Absichten. Wie jeder, so haben auch wir die hohen Qualitäten dieses Blattes bewundert; … Aber der Respekt vor einer hervorragenden Leistung bedeutet noch nicht den Wunsch, sie zu kopieren.}}</ref>}}
Until 30 September 1950 the ''F.A.Z.'' was printed in [[Mainz]].