Buttenheim

Buttenheim is in Upper Franconia. Its main claim to fame is being the birthplace of Levi Strauß (born with the first name "Löb"; he later changed the spelling of his last name to Strauss) the inventor of blue jeans and founder of the namesake company.

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  • 🌍 Levi-Strauss-Museum. The birth house of Levi Strauss has been turned into a museum showing the conditions for poor rural Jews in 19th-century Franconia in general (which ultimately triggered Levi's emigration), and the life of the inventor of blue jeans in particular.

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