Austrian-Hungarian bank

Pfandbrief for 200 kroner from the Austrian-Hungarian bank dated April 1, 1905

1916 banknote issued by the Austrian-Hungarian bank (1 krone)

The Oesterreichisch-Hungarian Bank was a central bank in which Imperial Austria (or Cisleithanien or Old Austria) and royal Hungary ( Transleithanien ) were involved. It existed from 1878 to 1922 and served as the central bank for the single currency of both halves of Austria-Hungary , initially the guilder currency , later the kroner currency . The bank had its main offices and directorates in the former bank and stock exchange building, now known as Palais Ferstel , in the center of Vienna and on Szabadság tér No. 8–9 in Budapest ; Vienna was named as the bank's official headquarters.

The Austrian-Hungarian bank emerged from the Austrian National Bank on the basis of the Austro-Hungarian settlement of 1867. For the history of the bank see here . The Oesterreichisch-Hungarian Bank was the direct and indirect forerunner of the successor institutions:

• National Bank of Austria
• Magyar Nemzeti Bank
• Česká národní banka
• Národná Banka Slovenska

Web links

Commons : Oesterreichisch-Hungarian Bank  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Oesterreichisch-Hungarian Bank ( Memento from August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), banking history archive of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Oesterreichisch-Hungarian Bank ( Memento from August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) oenb.at, accessed on August 12, 2012.
2. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy for the year 1910, p. 542