Reichsbank


Reichsbank
Reichsbank head office at Jägerstraße in Berlin, photographed in 1933
Reichsbank head office at Jägerstraße in Berlin, photographed in 1933
HeadquartersBerlin
Established1 January 1876 (1876-01-01)
Ownershipdispersed
PresidentHermann von Dechend (1876-1890)
Richard Koch (1890-1908)
Rudolf Havenstein (1908-1923)
Hjalmar Schacht (1923-1930, 1933-1939)
Hans Luther (1930-1933)
Walther Funk (1939-1945)
Central bank ofGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Nazi-occupied territories
CurrencyGerman mark (1876-1924)
Reichsmark (1924-1945)
Preceded byBank of Prussia (1876)
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (1938)
Succeeded byBank deutscher Länder (West Germany)
Deutsche Notenbank (GDR)
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austria)
National Bank of Poland
Gosbank (East Prussia)
Banque de France (Alsace-Lorraine)
National Bank of Belgium (Luxembourg)

The Reichsbank (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌbank] ; lit.'Bank of the Reich') was the central bank of the German Empire from 1876 until the end of Nazi Germany in 1945.[1]

  1. ^ Budzinski, Prof Dr Oliver. "Definition: Reichsbank". wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-06.