The brothers Moritz (1872–1939) and Julius Ury (1873–1940) were born in Birnbaum in the province of Posen.On March 4, 1896, the brothers opened their department store on the first floor of the Café Royal in Leipzig, which was so well received that in 1906  the sales floor could be enlarged. On March 18, 1901, they founded the Ury Gebrüder, Zwickau / Leipzig department store in Zwickau.