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founding 1837
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Gebr. Manheimer and in continuation V. Manheimer were German fashion houses, which were founded or operated by the brothers Manheimer in 1837 and 1840 respectively.

history

Company Gebr. Manheimer

The Berlin clothing industry goes back to the 19th century. 1837, the German-Jewish brothers founded Valentin Manheimer and David Manheimer (1818-1882) probably with a lottery prize the company Gebr. Manheimer in the Jerusalem Road 17, which at first made Men's coats and -schlafröcke. The company began to manufacture coats in series or ready-to-wear. Other companies with a similar business model followed, so that around 20 companies had been established in Berlin by 1860.

Valentin left the company in 1839 and David managed the company on his own. Later, the third brother Moritz (depending on the sources, this is also stated as a co-founder) was part of the management and later moved to his brother Valentin's company. In 1868 Julius Bamberg († 1886) became an additional owner instead of David Manheimer and in 1871 he took over sole management. His brother Hermann Bamberg had already joined the company in 1870 and became a partner in 1875.

Company V. Manheimer

V. Manheimer clothing store, Oberwallstraße, July 2009

Valentin Manheimer left the company Gebr. Manheimer in 1839 and founded the women's coat manufacturer V. Manheimer, a factory for women's coats and mantillas (also known as the Manheimer clothing store or the V. Manheimer clothing store ) in Oberwallstraße 6 on Hausvogteiplatz , which was the first company for women's clothing in 1840 was. In the beginning there were also children's coats in the range. He offered the women's coats cheaply, with thick wool being used. The demand increased. He used the city's network of traditional tailors and home seamstresses and began producing standard-sized garments and was the first to produce the Berlin women's coat.

Valentin Manheimer, like Herrmann Gerson and Rudolph Hertzog , quickly achieved fame and fortune as entrepreneurs through innovative ideas. Later, his brother Moritz joined his brother's company, but withdrew from the business in 1872.

Extension of the V. Manheimer clothing store, Jägerstrasse 33, June 2010.

After Valentin Manheimer's death in 1889 - he left about 10 million marks - his sons Alfred (1859–1911), Ferdinand (1851–1905) and Gustav (1845–1915) took over the business. In 1890 the company employed around 8,000 people and was the top-selling company in the industry after Herrmann Gerson.

In 1904 Ferdinand Manheimer became the sole owner. After Ferdinand's death in 1905, the business was continued by his son Adolf (* 1882, King Adolf ). Other people from Manheim continued to be partners, such as another son of Ferdinand Victor Manheimer , who was the owner of the extension of the clothing store. In 1907/1908 this extension followed by the architects Eugen Schmohl and Alfred Salinger, including elements by the sculptor Josef Rauch , on Oberwallstraße by adding to Jägerstraße with the house number Jägerstraße 33.

The business continued until 1931 and then stopped due to the poor economic situation. Adolf Manheimer took his own life.

Continuation of the name Manheimer

In December 2018, a fashion company was founded in Berlin under the name Manheimer Berlin .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst G. Lowenthal: Jews in Preussen: biographical directory, a representative cross-section . Reimer, 1981, ISBN 978-3-496-01012-8 , pp. 149 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
  2. ^ A b c German biography: Manheimer, Valentin - German biography. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  3. ^ Hans Herzfeld, Gerd Heinrich: Berlin and the Province of Brandenburg in the 19th and 20th centuries . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-082660-9 , p. 358 ( google.de [accessed on May 14, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Mechthild Hempe: warp and weft: the cloth making in Guben . Böhlau, 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-21905-5 , pp. 118 ( google.de [accessed on May 14, 2020]).
  5. ^ A b c Adelheid Rasche, Anna Zika: Styl: the Berlin fashion journal of the early 1920s . Arnoldsche, 2009, p. 178 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
  6. ↑ a b Christoph Sandler: Handbook of the efficiency of the entire industry in Germany, Austria, Alsace-Lorraine and Switzerland . Hermann Wölfert, 1873, p. 15 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
  7. ^ Deutscher Reichsanzeiger and Royal Prussian State Gazette . 1871, p. 60 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
  8. ↑ National newspaper: 1875.4 / 6 . Exped. d. National-Zeitung, 1875, p. 21 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
  9. ↑ When "Berliner Chic" was a hit. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Verena König: How do I become a DIVA ?: Marketing for young fashion designers - strategies for building a luxury fashion brand . Springer-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-658-02591-5 , pp. 120 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
  11. ↑ Brunhilde Dähn: Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz: over 100 years on the fashion catwalk . Musterschmidt-Verlag, 1968, p. 34 ( google.de [accessed on May 14, 2020]).
  12. ^ The Lost Jewish Brands of Berlin , Vanessa Freedman, New York May 12, 2019