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.

Understand

Get in

By train

🌍 Haltepunkt Buttenheim ( S1 ). Served by the S1 from Nuremberg to Bamberg.

Get around

See

🌍 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. (updated Jan 2019)

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

🌍 Löwenbräu Keller Buttenheim, Eremitage 3, 96155 Buttenheim, ☏ +49 9545 509346. M-Sa from 11:00, Su from 10:00. Beer garden with Franconian food.
🌍 St. GeorgenBräu Keller, Kellerstraße, 96155 Buttenheim, ☏ +49 9545 44670. nice weather provided April - September, daily from 14:00, Su & public holiday from 11:00. A beer garden
🌍 St. Georgen Bräu. a brewery (updated Jan 2019)

Sleep

🌍 Hotel am Markt, Marktstraße 12, 96155 Buttenheim, ☏ +49 9545 1554. Single from €30, double from €50.