Julius Mendheim (c. 1788[1] – 25 August 1836[2]) was a German chess master and problemist.
[3] The young Ludwig Bledow, forthcoming co-founder of the Berlin Pleiades, lost the majority of the games he played with his older mentor.
Mendheim seemingly inspired Bledow and the forming of the Pleiades, but he died before the group was firmly established.
Mendheim's strength can be seen from the fact that he single-handedly conducted the correspondence games that Berlin played against other cities (Breslau 1829-1833, Hamburg 1833-1836).
[5] He gets some mention in the Handbuch des Schachspiels section on problem composers.