Hop shop - S. Sahlmann

Sigmund Sahlmann, born on December 15, 1828 in Burghaslach, married to Nanny Sulzbacher from Mühlhausen, ran a hop trading business in Mühlhausen from 1856. In November 1861, he applied for a trading permit and settlement permit in Fürth. In January 1862, the application was granted and Sigmund Sahlmann received permission to trade in agricultural products and to settle in Fürth. He founded the company S. Sahlmann at Friedrichstraße 18, later moving to Gebhardtstraße. In the 1938 trade list of businesses with Jewish owners, Maxstraße 29 is indicated as the company headquarters.