Store/Shop

Hermann and Frieda Bach ran the department store H. Bach at Markt 31 in Mittweida until the death of Hermann Bach in 1925. After that  his wife Frieda Bach and son Herbert Bach continued to run the department store. When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the Bach department store also suffered from the boycott calls and had to close in 1935.Herbert Bach continued to operate a small store after the closure. On November 9, 1937, Herbert Bach was killed in a fall from the 2nd floor of the stairwell into the courtyard of the district court.

Eduard Bloch was born on August 20, 1831, and was a theater bookseller, translator, and author.

In 1857 he took over the theater publishing house "Leopold Lassar's Buchhandlung" and transformed it in such a way that it became the first German specialized publishing house for theater literature.

His son Ludwig(1859-1939) took over the management of the publishing house in 1887 and renamed it "Eduard Bloch".

Moses ( Moritz ) Langermann, born on November 29, 1830 in Floß was married to Nathalie, née Obermaier von Steppach. The couple had 8 children. In 1855 Moritz Langermann got the concession of the city of Fürth for a country product shop. In addition to this business, Moritz Langermann was also a partner - owner of a mirror glass factory in Obermurnthal.

Simon Oberdorfer ran a bicycle shop and repair shop at Arnulfsplatz 4 and the local - establishment " Velodrom ". Already in 1898, the Velodrom was visited by well over 1200 people in one event. There was temporarily a 32-man " People's Symphony Orchestra ", but also magicians, jugglers, artists and singers were guests.