"Jacob Waitzfelder & Cie."

From 1883, Jacob Waitzfelder (1844–1903), a merchant from Mönchsdeggingen, ran a leather business together with Sigmund Oettinger under the name „Jacob Waitzfelder & Cie.“. Prior to this, Waitzfelder had already been running a leather business at the same location for twelve years. In 1903, Jacob Waitzfelder's son Bernhard (born in Augsburg in 1875) joined the company as a partner. After Jacob Waitzfelder s death in the same year, his widow Deborah, née Oettinger, (1854–1927) also became a partner. In 1907, the trading business was transferred to the newly founded company „Bacharach & Waitzfelder“ ührt, which was managed by Bernhard Waitzfelder and Max Bacharach.