Museum tells the life story of Levi Strauss
From Bamberg or Nuremberg via the A 73 exit Buttenheim on the state road always straight on second turn left towards
The inventor Levi Strauss was actually from Buttenheim near Bamberg The house in which he was born has since..
A museum in Buttenheim, Germany, tells the life story of Levi Strauss, the inventor of Levi's jeans.
Strauss was born in Buttenheim in 1829. He emigrated to the United States in 1850, and in 1853 he opened a dry goods store in San Francisco.
In 1873, Strauss patented the first pair of jeans. Jeans quickly became popular among miners and other working men, and they are now one of the most popular clothing items in the world.
The museum in Buttenheim houses a collection of artifacts related to Strauss's life and work, including the original patent for jeans.
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