|
Croatian Discount Bank
The Croatian Discount Bank ( hr, Hrvatska eskomptna banka) was a significant bank headquartered in Zagreb, which was conceived in 1864 and started opetrations on . It merged in 1928 with the Croatian-Slavonian Land Mortgage Bank ( hr, Hrvatsko-slavonska zemaljska hipotekarna banka, est. 1892) to form the Yugoslav United Bank ( hr, Jugoslavenska udružena banka, also ''Union banka''). The latter was rebranded Croatian United Bank ( hr, Hrvatska udružena banka) under the Independent State of Croatia in 1941. Its liquidation by the Communist authorities was initiated in late 1945 and completed in 1949. History At its creation in 1868, the Croatian Discount Bank was the second large modern bank founded in what is now Croatia, following the establishment of the First Croatian Savings Bank in 1846. The Discount Bank had mostly local shareholders and was thus viewed as more straightforwardly aligned with Croatian interests than the First Croatian Savings Bank at that time. was inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disconto-Gesellschaft
The Disconto-Gesellschaft (full name: Direktion der Disconto-Gesellschaft), with headquarters in Berlin, was founded in 1851. It was, until its 1929 merger into Deutsche Bank, one of the largest German banking organizations. History It was founded in 1851 as a “credit partnership,” and in 1856 was changed into a limited liability, joint-stock company under the name of “Direktion der Disconto-Gesellschaft,” with a capital of 30,000,000 marks. Its founder was David Hansemann, later Prussian Minister of Finance. Since 1857 also his son Adolph von Hansemann worked in the bank of his father. Its purpose and earliest activities were in the fostering of current account business and the underwriting of German state and local loans and railway shares. In 1890, a branch was opened in London, from which time dated the institution's activities in overseas matters. In 1901, on the liquidation of the house of M. A. Rothschild & Sons of Frankfurt am Main, a branch was established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Savings Bank Of Zagreb
The City Savings Bank ( hr, Gradska štedionica) was a significant bank headquartered in Zagreb, created in 1913, reorganized after World War II and eventually merged into the National Bank of Yugoslavia in 1952. History The Zagreb City Assembly approved the Statute of the City Savings Bank in Zagreb on . At a time, Zagreb had a population of 100,000 and was rapidly developing into a modern city. The bank's primary role was financing the city's public companies. In 1916, the bank acquired the Zagrebački električni tramvaj, Zagreb electric tram company (ZET) and invested heavily in the development of the tram network and public transport in general. The bank fared comparatively better during the European banking crisis of 1931 than many of its competitors. It had to request a moratorium on its liabilities, but this was lifted in 1935, earlier than for peers including the larger First Croatian Savings Bank which had entered moratorium in April 1932. The City Savings Bank benefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavenska Banka
) , founded = , founders = Group of Zagreb-based individuals , defunct = , fate = Bankrupt , hq_location_city = Zagreb , hq_location_country = Croatia , area_served = Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia , key_people = , products = Banking services , owner = The Slavenska Banka () was a Croatian bank based in Zagreb. It played a prominent role in the history of Croatian and Slovenian banking in the early 1920s, before going into bankruptcy in 1925. History The National Bank was established by a group of Zagreb-based individuals on , as the collapse of Austria-Hungary looked increasingly likely, with a view that it might become the central bank for a future autonomous or independent Croatia. In 1920 it took over the small savings bank , which had been founded in nearby Kotari in 1911 and relocated to Zagreb in 1915. On , an Act on the National Bank granted it the privilege of is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Bank In Zagreb
The Serbian Bank in Zagreb ( hr, Srpska banka u Zagrebu) was a medium-sized bank in the Kingdom of Hungary and then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, established in 1895 and liquidated in 1945. It has been described as "the financial center of the Serbian irredentist movement". History The bank was founded on in Zagreb. The initial capital was provided by ethnic-Serbian entrepreneurs in Croatia as well as Syrmia, Bačka and Banat, regions that were then all part of the Kingdom of Hungary. Among the founders were Lazar Bačić, Vladimir Matijević, Bogdan Medaković, , and , most of which were also associated with the creation of the Privrednik ethnic-Serbian business association in 1897. Kosta Taušanović, a political leader in the neighboring Kingdom of Serbia, was in Zagreb at the time and provided support for the bank's creation. In 1910, as political conditions did not allow it to maintain a branch in the Kingdom of Serbia, the Serbian Bank established the "Danubian Joint-St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugoslavenska Banka
Jugoslavenska Banka () was a significant bank in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the interwar period. It was founded in Osijek in 1909 as the Croatian Landesbank ( hr, Hrvatska zemaljska banka, german: Kroatische Landesbank), and in 1920 relocated to Zagreb and changed its name to Jugoslavenska Banka. Again renamed Croatian Landesbank in 1941, it was liquidated in late 1945. History The creation of the Croatian Landesbank was sponsored in 1909 by Prague-based Živnostenská Banka, in line with its strategy of expansion into the Slavic-speaking lands of the Habsburg monarchy, and took over the prior local business of Sorger, Weiszmayer & Cie whose eponymous partners became shareholders in the new privately held venture together with Živnostenská. In 1912, it acquired the Agrarian Savings Bank ( hu, Földmivelk Takarékpénztára Reazvénytársaság) in Subotica. In May 1914, it took over the Zagreb-headquartered (). Meanwhile, it established branches in Belgrade, Ljubljana, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiener Bankverein
The Wiener Bankverein or Bank-Verein (WBV, ) was a major bank in the Habsburg Monarchy and First Austrian Republic, founded in 1869. In 1888 it was the fourth-largest bank of Austria-Hungary by market capitalization, behind the Austro-Hungarian Bank, the Länderbank, and the Creditanstalt. It merged with the troubled Creditanstalt in 1934 to form Creditanstalt-Bankverein. Wiener Bankverein is thus one of the many predecessor entities of UniCredit, as the latter in 2005 acquired Bank Austria which itself had merged with Creditanstalt in 1997. Habsburg era The Wiener Bankverein's creation was sponsored in 1869 by the , which had been established in Vienna in 1863. In 1871, with assistance from Anglo-Austrian Bank and Darmstädter Bank, it sponsored the creation of a joint-stock bank in Constantinople, the ; but that venture soon faltered and was acquired by the Imperial Ottoman Bank in 1874. It the late 19th century, the WBV became active in financing ventures in southeaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was put forward in " Führer Directive No. 25", which Adolf Hitler issued on 27 March 1941, following a Yugoslav coup d'état that overthrew the pro-Axis government. The invasion commenced with an overwhelming air attack on Belgrade and facilities of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force (VVKJ) by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and attacks by German land forces from southwestern Bulgaria. These attacks were followed by German thrusts from Romania, Hungary and the Ostmark (modern-day Austria, then part of Germany). Italian forces were limited to air and artillery attacks until 11 April, when the Italian army attacked towards Ljubljana (in modern-day Slovenia) and through Istria and Lika and down the Dalmatian coast. On the same day, Hungarian for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Banking Crisis Of 1931
The European banking crisis of 1931 was a major episode of financial instability that peaked with the collapse of several major banks in Austria and Germany, including Creditanstalt on , Landesbank der Rheinprovinz on , and Danat-Bank on . It triggered the exit of Germany from the gold standard on , followed by the UK on , and extensive losses in the U.S. financial system that contributed to the Great Depression. The crisis has been widely associated with the subsequent rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and its eventual takeover of government in early 1933, as well as the emergence of Austrofascism in Austria and other authoritarian developments in Central Europe. The causes of the crisis included a complex mix of financial, fiscal, macroeconomic, political and international imbalances that have nurtured a lively debate of historiography. Background Germany's banking sector shrunk dramatically from 1913 to 1924, but expanded rapidly again in the later 1920s, with fivef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Architecture
Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that form should follow function ( functionalism); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. It emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture. Origins File:Crystal Palace.PNG, The Crystal Palace (1851) was one of the first buildings to have cast plate glass windows supported by a cast-iron frame File:Maison François Coignet 2.jpg, The first house built of reinforced concrete, designed by François Coignet (1853) in Saint-Denis near Paris File:Home Insurance Building.JPG, The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, by William Le Baron Jenney (1884) Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Ehrlich
Hugo Ehrlich (; 31 January 1879 – 21 September 1936) was a Croatian architect. Early life and education Ehrlich was born in Zagreb to a wealthy Jewish family of builder and entrepreneur Herman Ehrlich and his wife Marija (née Eisner). His maternal grandfather was Zagreb's Rabbi. He was raised together with his brothers, Adolf, Ernest, Đuro and sister Mira. In 1897, Ehrlich enrolled in the Vienna University of Technology, just like his brother Đuro had a few years before. He studied under architect Carl König, for whom he worked as an associate in the König studio. After graduation from the university, Ehrlich stayed in Vienna, where he worked for Humbert Walcher. Career Under Walcher, Ehrlich worked on the restoration of the Burg Kreuzenstein. In 1907, he worked on the first project related to his birth city, a new government building. From 1908 to 1912, Ehrlich undertook work on the adaptation of villa Karma in Clarens, near Montreux. Ehrlich returned to Zagreb in 1909. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banca Commerciale Italiana
Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT), founded in 1894, was once one of the largest banks in Italy. In 1999 it merged with a banking group consisting of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (aka Cariplo; est. 1823) and Banco Ambroveneto, which had merged in 1998. The bank group changed the name to Intesa-BCI, which BCI temporary became a sub-holding company. On 1 January 2003, the group's name changed to Banca Intesa. In 2006 Banca Intesa merged with Sanpaolo IMI, based in Turin, Italy, to form Intesa Sanpaolo. History BCI's predecessor was the '' Società Generale di Credito Mobiliare'', founded in 1862. This institution became successful as a lender to the iron and steel industry. However, the Italian banking crisis of 1893–1894, led to Credito Mobiliare's failure. On 10 October 1894 Credito Mobiliare was re-established as a private joint-stock bank under the name Banca Commerciale Italiana with capital from several German and Austrian banks, including S. Bleichröde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
