Deutsche Orientbank

Former head office in Sirkeci, Istanbul (left), later Orientbank Hotel
The Orientbank's name on its former branch building in Sirkeci
Former branch in Hamburg, Jungfernstieg 22[1]

The Deutsche Orientbank (DOB, lit. 'German Bank of the Orient') was a German bank, founded in 1905-1906 in Berlin and merged into Dresdner Bank in 1931-1932. It was originally intended for financing ventures in the Ottoman Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt.[2]

In mid-1914 the Orientbank absorbed the Levantine network of Deutsche Palästina-Bank, established in the late 19th century as an earlier endeavor to develop German economic influence in the Ottoman Empire.[3]

  1. ^ "Hamburger Adressbuch". Hamburg University. 1920.
  2. ^ Wolfgang G. Schwanitz (2002), Gold, Bankiers und Diplomaten. Zur Geschichte der deutschen Orientbank 1906–1946, Berlin{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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