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Bavarian State Bank
The Bavarian State Bank () was a German government-owned bank, initially founded in 1780 and merged into Bayerische Vereinsbank in 1971. Overview In 1780, Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach, inspired by the example of the Prussian Royal Bank in Berlin, founded the ''Hochfürstlich-Brandenburg-Anspach-Bayreuthische Hofbanco'' () in Ansbach, using a small amount of 15,000 guilders as operating capital. The margrave resorted to this plan for economic reasons, as he wanted to avoid the fees charged by the foreign banks and access the aid funds provided by England for his soldier trade. The American Revolutionary War between England and France in North America had led England to conclude contracts with German counts and request troops from them in exchange for aid funds. In 1792, the Principality of Ansbach was taken over by Prussia and the bank was renamed . In 1806, Ansbach became part of Bavaria and the bank became , then as its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg
Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well preserved Altstadt (historical city centre). Augsburg is an Urban districts of Germany, urban district and home to the institutions of the Augsburg (district), Landkreis Augsburg. It is the List of cities in Bavaria by population, third-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich and Nuremberg), with a population of 304,000 and 885,000 in its metropolitan area. After Neuss, Trier, Worms, Germany, Worms, Cologne and Xanten, Augsburg is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded in 15 BC by the Romans as Augsburg#Early history, Augusta Vindelicorum and named after the Roman emperor Augustus. It was a Free Imperial City from 1276 to 1803 and the home of the patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician Fugger and Welser families that dominated European ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks Established In 1780
A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. As banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of Bank regulation, regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional-reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure accounting liquidity, liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but, in many ways, functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Banks Of Germany
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Prussian State Bank
The Prussian State Bank was a state-owned entity that played a significant role in the economy of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was founded in 1772 as a shipping company, the ''Seehandlungsgesellschaft'' or simply ''Seehandlung'', intended to boost Prussia's foreign trade. In the course of the 19th century, it became increasingly active as a state bank, and was consequently renamed ''Königliche Seehandlung (Preußische Staatsbank)'' in 1904 and ''Preußische Staatsbank'' in 1918. It ceased activity in 1945 and was kept as a dormant entity, which was eventually liquidated in 1983. History Shipping company The Prussian sea trading company was founded in Berlin on October 14, 1772 at the instigation of Frederick the Great under the name . The Prussian king acquired 2100 shares of this company and 300 shares were sold to private individuals. The company received the exclusive right to trade in sea salt and the staple right to all wax produced ten miles from the banks of the Vistula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayerische Notenbank
The ''Bayerische Notenbank'' () was a German note-issuing bank, founded in 1875 in Munich. It lost its issuance privilege in 1935 and was merged that same year into the Bavarian State Bank. Overview In 1875, the monetary unification reform that created the Reichsbank allowed local bank to keep issuing legal-tender banknotes, but restricted the commercial activities in which such banks could engage, including mortgage lending. As a consequence, Hypo-Bank decided to relinquish its note-issuing role and to transfer it into an entity specifically created for that purpose, the Bayerische Notenbank. Two thirds of the new bank's capital was issued to the existing shareholders of Hypo-Bank, with Hypo-Bank and the Bavarian government each taking an additional one-sixth. By 1890, the Bayerische Notenbank had a network of six main branches in Augsburg, Kempten, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Würzburg, and Ludwigshafen in the Bavarian Circle of the Rhine, complemented by 28 smaller agencies. On , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayerische Hypotheken- Und Wechsel-Bank
The ''Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank'' (, also known as Hypo-Bank) was a German bank founded in 1834 in Munich. It developed into one of the largest regional banks in Germany, before merging in 1998 with Bayerische Vereinsbank to form HypoVereinsbank (HVB). Overview The Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank was founded by law of on the initiative of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, following discussions going back to 1818. It started operations on , with the king as one of its founding shareholders. While established as a stock corporation, it was under tight government supervision and its commercial business was initially limited to mortgages. In 1836, it was granted the privilege to issue notes in Bavaria and kept it until the creation of the Reichsbank in 1875, when the purpose-created Bayerische Notenbank took it over. It also had the right to issue Pfandbriefs from 1864, eventually developing into the largest mortgage bank in Germany in the late 19th century. Until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Eberhard
Rudolf Eberhard (November 1, 1914 Nuremberg – December 26, 1998 Munich) was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria between 1950 and 1974. Honours and awards * Honorary Doctor of Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg * Bavarian Order of Merit (1959) * Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1959) * Medal for Combating Deadly Seriousness (1960) * Grand Merit Cross with Star and Sash References See also *List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politicians A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians Ministers of the Bavaria State Government 1914 births 1998 deaths Politicians from Nur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl August Von Hardenberg
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg (31 May 1750, in Essenrode- Lehre – 26 November 1822, in Genoa) was a Prussian statesman and Chief Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career he implemented a variety of Liberal reforms. To him and Baron vom Stein, Prussia was indebted for improvements in its army system, the abolition of serfdom and feudal burdens, the throwing open of the civil service to all classes, and the complete reform of the educational system. Family Hardenberg was the eldest son of Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg (1700-1781), a Hanoverian colonel, later to become field marshal and commander-in-chief of the Hanoverian Army under Elector George III from 1776 until his death. His mother was Anna Sophia Ehrengart von Bülow. He was born, one of eight children, at Essenrode Manor near Hanover in the Electorate of Hanover, his maternal grandfather's estate. The ancestral home of the ''knights of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sep Ruf
Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer strongly associated with the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high praise in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition. He attended the Interbau 1957 in Berlin-Hansaviertel and was one of the three architects who had the top secret order to create the governmental buildings in the new capital city of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn. His best known building was the residence for the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, built for Ludwig Erhard, the so-called Chancellor's Bungalow. Personal life His father was Josef Ruf and his mother was Wilhelmine Mina Ruf (née Scharrer). The family of his father came from Dinkelsbühl and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is an international luxury hotel and resort company operating 31 hotels in 16 countries, currently owned by Hong Kong–based Rosewood Hotel Group. It was founded in Dallas in 1979 by Caroline Rose Hunt, the daughter of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt. History Foundation Rosewood was founded in Dallas by Caroline Rose Hunt in 1979. A year later, Hunt converted the mansion of Texas cotton magnate Sheppard King into Rosewood's first hotel, The Mansion on Turtle Creek, located in the upscale Turtle Creek neighborhood. Acquisition Hong Kong–based company Rosewood Hotel Group Rosewood Hotel Group, also known for its former trading names New World Hotel Group, New World Hospitality and legal names New World Hotel Management (BVI) Limited, New World Hotel Management Limited is a Hong Kong–based multi-national hotel ... (formerly New World Hospitality and rebranded in May 2013) is a subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, a privately owned Hong K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main (river), Main river. Würzburg is situated approximately 110 km west-northwest of Nuremberg and 120 km east-southeast of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main. The population as of 2019 is approximately 130,000 residents. Würzburg is famous for its partly rebuilt and reconstructed old town and its Würzburger Residenz, a palace that is a List of World Heritage Sites in Germany, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The regional dialect is East Franconian German. History Early and medieval history A Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age (Urnfield culture) refuge castle, the Celtic Segodunum, and later a Roman Empire, Roman fort, stood on the hill known as the Leistenberg, the site of the present Fortress Marienberg. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
