Leaf Metal, Bronze Paint and Brocat Factory - Bernhard Ullmann

Bernhard Ullmann, born November 23, 1809 in Fürth was  merchant and bronze color manufacturer. In 1846 he founded the Bernhard Ullmann & Co leaf metal, bronze paint and brocat factory in Fürth. In 1891, the factory was sold by Isaak Brandeis to Bernhard Ullmann & Co, who moved the business away from Fürth and had the buildings demolished in 1902. In the meantime, the factory was surrounded by residential buildings and could no longer be expanded. In place of the Brandeis factory, the Theresienstr. 4-10 group of apartment buildings was erected. Bernhard Ullmann was a member of the board of the Jewish Community of Fürth for almost half a century and also held other honorary positions (among others, member of the municipal council). He was probably more at home in the liberal part of the Israelite community, because the introduction of the organ in the main synagogue, which was inaugurated on April 11, 1873, and the costs of which he raised through collections, can be attributed to his merit. Bernhard Ullmann died on April 10, 1894 in the 85th year of his life.