Lehmann Bernheimer

Lehmann Bernheimer was a German antique dealer, who built the Bernheimer-Haus in Munich.
He was born on 27 December 1841 in Buttenhausen near Münsingen, the third child of Meier Bernheimer and his wife Sarah, née Kahn.
In 1887, Bernheimer bought a small coffee house and beer garden, owned and run by an Englishman, and called the English Café. In its place was built the Bernheimer-Haus, which was opened in December 1889 by Prince Regent Luitpold. Initially, the focus was on high-quality textiles, with the manufacture of luxury goods being slowly added. After a fire in 1897, the building was extended and antiques, tapestries and carpets were added. On his death in 1918, his son Otto Bernheimer took over.