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The '''''' (; ) was the central bank of the German Empire from 1876 until the end of Nazi Germany in 1945.

Key facts

Central bank.native_name
Reichsbank
Central bank.image
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-0114-501, Berlin, Jägerstraße, Reichsbank.jpg
Central bank.caption
Reichsbank head office at Jägerstraße in Berlin, photographed in 1933
Central bank.headquarters
Berlin
Central bank.ownership
dispersed
Central bank.executive_title
President
Central bank.executive
Hermann 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.bank_of
German EmpireWeimar RepublicNazi GermanyNazi-occupied territories
Central bank.currency
German mark (1876-1924)Reichsmark (1924-1945)
Central bank.predecessor
Bank of Prussia (1876)Hamburg BankOesterreichische Nationalbank (1938)
Central bank.successor
Bank deutscher Länder Deutsche Notenbank Oesterreichische Nationalbank National Bank of PolandGosbank Banque de France National Bank of Belgium

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
central bank
Country
Germany
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inception
1876-01-01
Commons category
Reichsbank
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1945-00-00
board member
Walther Funk
floruit
1923-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • German Empire
  • Weimar Republic
  • Nazi period
  • Aftermath and liquidation
  • Head office
  • Branches
  • Presidents
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The '''''' (; ) was the central bank of the German Empire from 1876 until the end of Nazi Germany in 1945.

==Background==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reichsbank” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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