Department store K. M. Fechheimer & Co.

The founder of the department store K. M. Fechheimer & Co. was the merchant Koppel Mayer Fechheimer (1799-1885) from Mitwitz (district of Kronach). His son Samuel Fechheimer (1841-1890) moved the company to Coburg, where it was entered in the commercial register on January 12, 1876. In 1893, the company acquired the property at Spitalstraße 12.

The department store's product range included manufactured and fashion goods, women's and children's clothing and lingerie. As a supplier to the Coburg ducal court, the company enjoyed an excellent reputation in Coburg.

The last owners of the business were the merchants Hugo Fechheimer and Julius Blüth. After both were severely mistreated by the National Socialists in the spring of 1933, they both emigrated to the Netherlands. In March 1934, the company was declared bankrupt and the house was put up for auction. The Coburg savings bank won the bid and sold the property on in 1939.