GG Leykauf
Georg Leykauf (born February 24, 1847) was a steel metalware producer and trader in Nuremberg, Bavaria.
He started working in his stepfather’s cutlery grinding and polishing company. After his stepfather’s death in 1864, he took over the family business. His son Hans Leykauf (b. May 22, 1870) became an employee and later co-owner. Georg Leykauf was rewarded the title of Councillor of Commerce to the Royal Bavarian Court in 1906. He received the royal warrant title from various courts for the high quality of products and services, including Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court of Austria-Hungary, royal warrant holder of Romania, Bavaria, Hesse, Baden, Anhalt and Saxony.
The shop was located at Karolinenstraße 1 opposite the St Lawrence Church. The shop was destroyed during World War II in the aerial bombings of the city.
He was also a main distributor for J.P Kayser und Sohn A.G. Georg Leykauf died on 29th May 1933 in Nuremberg. “Leykauf Corner” was totally destroyed during WWII. Plans were drawn up in 1951 and 1952 to rebuild, and is assumed that rebuilding took place. It is not currently known when the business of Gg. Leykauf closed.
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