Lehmann Bernheimer (27 December 1841 – 29 May 1918) was a German

antique dealer An antique () is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely to describe any object that i ...

, who built the

Bernheimer-Haus The Bernheimer-Haus, also known as the Bernheimer Palace, is a residential and commercial building located on Lenbachplatz 3 in Munich. The building was built in 1888/89 by architect Friedrich von Thiersch with a Baroque Revival architecture, neo-b ...

in Munich. He was born on 27 December 1841 in Buttenhausen near

Münsingen Münsingen (; ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into Münsingen, and on 1 January 2017 the former municipalit ...

, the third child of Meier Bernheimer (1801–1870) and his wife Sarah, née Kahn (1803–1881). In 1887, Bernheimer bought a small coffee house and beer garden, owned and run by an Englishman, and called the ''English Café''. In its place was built the

, which was opened in December 1889 by

Prince Regent Luitpold Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig, Prince Regent of Bavaria (12 March 1821 – 12 December 1912), was the ''de facto'' ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, as regent for his nephews, King Ludwig II and King Otto. His regency arose due to his n ...

. Initially, the focus was on high-quality textiles, with the manufacture of luxury goods being slowly added. After a fire in 1897, the building was extended and antiques, tapestries and carpets were added. On his death in 1918, his son

Otto Bernheimer Otto Bernheimer (14 July 1877 – 5 July 1960) was a German collector of art, and an antique dealer. Life Otto Bernheimer, born 1877 in Munich, was the son of a supplier to the royal Bavarian court Lehmann Bernheimer (1841–1918), who started ...

took over.

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Lehmann Lehmann is a German surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname ''Lehmann'' were residents of Germany, 6.6% of the United States, 6.3% of Switzerland, 3.2% of France, 1.7% of Australia and 1.3% of Poland. ...

German art dealers People from Münsingen, Germany