Bohm, Henry

The history of the Brüder Böhm Company can be traced back to the 1840s, when Victor and Richard Böhm’s great-grand mother opened a business trading in hare skins for hat manufacturing. Later it was transformed into hat production and the first hat factory was found at Schottenfeldgasse, Vienna in 1862 and was run by the members of the Böhm family.

Later more plants were opened in other places, namely in Prague and Neutitschein. When the factory in Neutitschein was completed between 1918 and 1920, the Prague factory was moved there. The plant in Neutitschein was managed jointly by Otto Wolf and Richard Böhm, whereas Victor was in charge of the technical side of the business.

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