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The Amsterdamsche Bank was a significant bank in the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, founded in 1871. In 1964, it merged with Rotterdamsche Bank to form AMRO Bank (for AMsterdamsche & ROtterdamsche).


Overview

Amsterdamsche Bank was established on by a group of mainly German investors led by the
Bank für Handel und Industrie (Darmstadt) A bank is a financial institution that accepts 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 ...
, in the context of German financial expansion following its victory of the
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. It expanded rapidly from its base in Amsterdam to other cities in the Netherlands. In 1948 it took over (est. 1891), which it fully absorbed in 1956. Its elegant
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head office building on
Herengracht The Herengracht () is the second of four Amsterdam canals belonging to the canal belt and lies between the Singel and the Keizersgracht. The Gouden Bocht (Golden Bend) in particular is known for its large and beautiful canal houses. History Th ...
597–601, designed by Eduard Cuypers and completed in 1897, was demolished in 1966. A subsequent on
Rembrandtplein Rembrandtplein (English: Rembrandt Square) is a major square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after Rembrandt van Rijn who owned a house nearby from 1639 to 1656. History The square has its origins in the defensive walls constructed in t ...
, designed by
Bert Johan Ouëndag Bert Johan Ouëndag, often recorded as B.J. Ouëndag, (1 December 1861 in Amsterdam - 21 September 1932 in Amsterdam) was an architect from the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwest ...
and completed in 1932, is a notable
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landmark of
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
. File:Amsterdamsche Bank Hoofdkantoor.jpg, Amsterdamsche Bank head office, ca. 1932 File:Amsterdam Rembrandtsplein. Het standbeeld van Rembrandt met een molenmodel in he, Bestanddeelnr 904-0055.jpg, Head office viewed from
Rembrandtplein Rembrandtplein (English: Rembrandt Square) is a major square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after Rembrandt van Rijn who owned a house nearby from 1639 to 1656. History The square has its origins in the defensive walls constructed in t ...
, 1950 File:Amsterdam - Lippman-Rosenthal.JPG, Former Amsterdamsche Bank branch on
Sarphatistraat The Sarphatistraat is a street in the center of Amsterdam between Frederiksplein and Oostenburgergracht at the Cruquiuskade. The street crosses the Amstel and forms an almost long connection between the southern part of the Grachtengordel and th ...
, previously the office of Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. File:De Blaak met etalages van modehuis Gerzon, en de nieuwe Twentsche Bank, Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij en Amsterdamsche Bank 1953.jpg, The adjacent buildings of (left),
Netherlands Trading Society The Netherlands Trading Society ( or NHM) was a Dutch trading and financial company, established in 1824, in The Hague by King William I to promote and develop trade, shipping and agriculture. For the next 140 years the NHM developed a large int ...
, and Amsterdamsche Bank (right) on the in
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, 1953 File:Overzicht van de gevel - Rotterdam - 20422839 - RCE.jpg, Former Amsterdamsche Incasso Bank building at Blaak 40, later
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Rotterdam, built in 1950 File:Amsterdam - corner Dam-Damrak architect Jan Gratama.jpg, Former Incasso Bank building known as ''De Bisschop'', designed by Jan Gratama and built in 1934 at the corner of
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and
Damrak The Damrak is an avenue and partially filled in canal at the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, running between Amsterdam Centraal in the north and Dam Square in the south. It is the main street where people arriving at the station enter the cent ...
in Amsterdam File:Rotterdam goudsesingel513-523.jpg, Former Incasso Bank building in Rotterdam File:514262-Nobelstraat4.JPG, Former in
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File:Overzicht van de voorgevel - Enschede - 20427537 - RCE.jpg, Former Incasso Bank building in
Enschede Enschede (; local ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches ...
, photographed in 1980 File:RM510614 - Enschede - Piet Heinstraat 4.jpg, The same building in 2010


See also

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Rabobank Rabobank (; full name: ''Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.'') is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. The group comprises 89 local Dutch Rabobanks (2019), a central organisation (Raboban ...


References

Defunct banks of the Netherlands Banks established in 1871 ABN AMRO {{bank-stub