Jakob Heilmann (21 August 1846 in
Geiselbach,
Aschaffenburg County (
Lower Franconia) – 15 February 1927 in
Munich) was a German
contractor
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Business roles
* Defense contractor, arms industry which provides weapons or military goods to a government
* General contractor, an individual o ...
.
Son of a glazier, Heilmann attended the construction school in Munich and graduated with the exam as a master builder.
Since 1866, he was into railway construction and in 1871 established the builders J. Heilmann in Regensburg. In 1892, his son-in-law, the young architect Professor
Max Littmann
Max Littmann (3 January 1862 – 20 September 1931) was a German architect.
Littmann was educated in the Gewerbeakademie Chemnitz and the Technische Hochschule Dresden. In 1885, he moved to Munich where he met Friedrich Thiersch and Gab ...
(1862-1931) joined him, so the construction company of
Heilmann & Littmann KG (after 1897 GmbH) came into existence. The real estate business was taken care by the
Heilmann'sche Immobilien-Gesellschaft AG and several other related companies.
Heilmann engaged mostly in the building of family homes and mansions, among others in Munich Gern and in Solln-Prinz-Ludwigshöhe.
Magnificent and monumental buildings included the
Schackgalerie
The Schackgalerie is a museum in Munich. It is one of the noted galleries in this city. The museum is under supervision of the Bavarian State Picture Collection.
Collection
In 1855, Adolf Friedrich von Schack settled in Munich and became a member ...
, the
Prinzregententheater,
Münchener Neueste Nachrichten,
Hofbräuhaus-rebuilding in Munich and several health resort hotels in other parts of Bavaria.
After the partners Littmann and
Richard Reverdy left in 1908 und 1909, his sons
Albert and
Otto joined the construction company..
Furthermore, Jakob Heilmann initiated the founding of the electric power provider
Isarwerke GmbH.
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1846 births
1927 deaths
Businesspeople from Bavaria
Architects from Munich
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
People from Aschaffenburg (district)