Production

The origins of the tricot factory lie in 1853 and 1860, when Leopold Levy and Simon Loewengard founded a textile factory, which initially produced only aprons. Soon after, the textile factory became a tricot weaving factory with the manufacture of underwear. The tricot weaving mill also included a tailor's shop and a bobbin winding mill. Later Hermann Levy and Carl Loewengard took over the company. The company also sold abroad to England and Holland. With a large and modern machine park, the company had up to 400 employees from Hechingen and the surrounding villages.

In the list of members of the Society of Israeliten-Eintracht, which was laid out at the time of its foundation, the name of Abraham Michelbacher is also found. As his profession is indicated - soap boiler master. In a letter of April 27, 1849 to the city magistrate - proposal and request of the Israelite Cultus Administration for permission to establish a burial ground, the name of  Abraham Michelbacher is also found as one of the six signed members of the Israelite Cultus Administration.

The tobacco factory S. Michelbacher was founded in 1824. In an inventory/census of the Israelite population in the city of Oettingen from February 17/18, 1851, the family of the tobacco manufacturer Seligmann Michelbacher is also listed. The number of souls, including the family members who also served outside the town, is given as 4. In 1892 the tobacco factory was moved from Oettingen to Nuremberg. Ignaz Hirschberg was the owner of the banking business and the tobacco factory S. Michelbacher at that time.

The company "Gebrüder Israel" was founded in 1908. Felix Israel, the director of the company "Gebrüder Israel" had a five-story factory built in 1912 at Kohlfurter Straße 41-43 and Kottbusserstraße 10. The company was known at home and abroad as a major exporter of lamps. In addition to lighting fixtures, the company also manufactured gas and water fittings. During the 1st World War, the company also produced pickel hoods. In 1931, as a result of the world economic crisis, the factory owner Felix Israel resigned from his position as director.