Dresdner Bank ( German: Dresdner Bank ) is a German banking concern that existed until May 10, 2009 . Ranked third in Germany in terms of book value and headcount. Since 2009, Dresdner Bank has been a trademark of Commerzbank . Disappeared as a name at the end of 2010 .
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| Year of foundation | 1872 [1] |
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| Location |  Germany : Frankfurt |
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| Website | dresdner-bank.de |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Current status
- 3 notes
- 4 References
History
It was founded on November 12, 1872 in Dresden [2] [3] .
In 1884, the bank's main office moved to Berlin [3] .
At the beginning of the 20th century, Dresdner Bank (as part of a consortium of 14 German banks) received a concession from the German government in the Chinese province of Shandong [4] .
The bank’s cooperation with the leadership of the Nazi Party began in the 1920s, even before the Nazis came to power. Director of Dresdner Bank Karl Rache met with J. Goebbels on February 3, 1926 [5] .
In 1931, the Darmstadt Bank (Danatbank) merged with the Dresden Bank, a large German commercial bank that went bankrupt during the Great Depression [6] .
After the German occupation and dismemberment of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Dresdner Bank established control over the Skoda plants in Pilsen, the Zbroevka military plant in Brno, the Poldina Gut metallurgical plant in Kladno, paper mills and Slovak banks [7]
In the future, after the outbreak of World War II , cooperation developed.
After the end of hostilities in Poland , the Commercial Bank in Krakow , the Eastern Bank in Poznan and the branches of the Austrian Land Bank located in Poland were transferred to Dresdner Bank [8] .
In Romania , Dresdner Bank in 1940 established control over the oil industry [9] .
In Bulgaria , Dresdner Bank acquired the Bulgarian Trade Bank ( Banque Bulgare de Commerce ) [8] .
F. Flick, member of the Supervisory Board of Dresdner Bank, was simultaneously a member of the board of the imperial iron association and a member of the board of the imperial coal association [10] .
After the end of World War II, the bank's main office continued to operate in Frankfurt [2] .
In 1952, Dresdner Bank was divided into three commercial banks (Rhein-Main Bank AG, Hamburger Kreditbank AG and Rhein-Ruhr Bank AG), but already in 1957 all three banks merged again into Dresdner Bank AG ” [1] [3] .
In 1974, Dresdner Bank AG became one of the co-founders of Euro-Latinamerican Bank (along with several other European and South American banks) [3] .
On June 30, 1977, Jürgen Ponto, chairman of the board of Dresdner Bank, was shot dead by the RAF .
As of the beginning of 1984, it was the second largest private bank in Germany (there were 948 branches and 3 subsidiaries in Germany, as well as 10 branches and 31 representative offices abroad) [2] .
After the reunification of Germany in October 1990 , in the early 1990s, Dresdner Bank AG was Germany's largest private commercial bank [3] . By the end of 1994, the bank totaled 1583 branches and representative offices [1] .
Since 2001, it has become part of the Allianz Group as a center for banking services.
By the summer of 2002, Dresdner Bank was on the list of ten largest banks controlled by non-residents operating on the territory of the Russian Federation. As of July 1, 2002, the bank's equity amounted to 1713 million rubles , assets - 7804 million rubles [11] .
In 2010, Commerzbank completely absorbed Dresdner Bank.
Current status
Today, the board is in Frankfurt . It operates in 60 countries.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dresdner Bank AG // Brockhaus. Die Enzyklopädie in 24 Bänden. 20., überarb. und akyualisierte Ausfl. - Bd. 5 - Leipzig, Mannheim: Brockhaus, 1997. s.696
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dresdner Bank // Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary. redcall., ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. 4th ed. M., "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1986. p. 412
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Dresdner Bank AG // The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th edition. Micropedia Vol.4. Chicago, 1994. pp. 212-222
- ↑ A.S. Erusalimsky. The penetration of German monopolies in China at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries // "Questions of history", No. 9, 1960, pp.66-89
- ↑ L. A. Bezymensky. The lessons of history (on the thirtieth anniversary of the outbreak of World War II) // “Questions of History”, No. 9, September 1969. pp. 14-29
- ↑ Darmstadt Bank // Great Soviet Encyclopedia. / redkoll., ch. ed. B. A. Vvedensky. 2nd ed. volume 13. M., State Scientific Publishing House "Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 1952. p. 387
- ↑ A. I. Nedorezov. The national liberation movement of the Czech and Slovak peoples against the Nazi occupation in 1939-1945 // “Questions of history”, No. 7, 1953. pp. 83-101
- ↑ 1 2 “History of the Second World War 1939-1945” (in 12 volumes) / Redkoll., Ch. ed. A.A. Grechko. Volume 3. M. , Military Publishing , 1974. pp. 277
- ↑ "The History of the Second World War 1939-1945" (in 12 volumes) / Redkoll., Ch. ed. A.A. Grechko. volume 3. M., "Military Publishing", 1974. p. 249
- ↑ G.F. Zastavenko. The war economy of Nazi Germany in 1943-1944 // “Questions of history”, No. 5, 1971. pp. 91-101
- ↑ A. Bernikov. Foreign banks in Eastern Europe // “World Economy and International Relations”, No. 8, 2003. pp. 97-103