Background
In 1891, he joined the contracting business of his father-in-law Jakob Heilmann, thus transforming it into the Heilmann & Littmann general partnership (later becoming a limited partnership), taking charge of the planning department.
In 1891, he joined the contracting business of his father-in-law Jakob Heilmann, thus transforming it into the Heilmann & Littmann general partnership (later becoming a limited partnership), taking charge of the planning department.
Littmann was educated in the Gewerbeakademie Chemnitz and the Technische Hochschule Dresden.
In 1885, he moved to Munich where he met Friedrich Thiersch and Gabriel von Seidl and where - after two study trips to Italy and Paris - he established himself as a free architect. Littmann excelled in the erection of magnificent buildings, est g. theaters, department stores and spas and was the perfect supplement to Heilmann, who had specialized in living house construction. Even during his lifetime, Littmann was listed in the Encyclopaedia Judaica.
Wolf, Georg Jacob: Max Littmann 1862–1931.
Das Lebenswerk eines deutschen Architekten. 68 South., 116 Tafeln. München, Knorr & Hirth 1931.
Wolf, Georg Jacob: Ingenieur J. Heilmann und das Baugeschäft Heilmann und Littmann. Ein Rückblick auf vierzig Jahre Arbeit.
25 South., 64 Tafeln. München 1911.
Wolf, Georg Jacob: Das staatlich-städtische Kurmittelhaus Bad Reichenhall erbaut von Architekt Max Littmann, München. München: Bruckmann 1928.