Department Store Hartoch

The department store Gebr. Hartoch was a department store in the center of Düsseldorf's old town with several branches in Düsseldorf.

The Jewish merchant Salomon Hartoch, originally from Aachen, opened his first shop in Düsseldorf in 1872. In the following years, the company continually expanded. In February 1894, the company "Gebrüder Hartoch" was registered in the Düsseldorf registry with the partners Simon Hartoch and Theodor Hartoch, both sons of Salomon and Rebecca, née Russ. In 1896, a new building was constructed by the architects Jacobs & Wehling. The Hartoch department store for short, manufactured, and wool goods was located at Bolkerstraße 19/21. The construction costs amounted to 110,000 marks. The three-story building featured a continuous display window system from the ground floor to the first floor. The second floor was also fully glazed and displayed blind arcades. A dwarf house with a blind gable adorned the roof area.

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