Steiermärkische Sparkasse

Steiermärkische Bank and Sparkassen AG
Country	Austria
Seat	At Sparkassenplatz 4, A-8010 Graz
legal form	Corporation
Bank code	20815
BIC	STSPAT2GXXX
founding	1825
Association	Austrian Savings Bank Association
Website	www.steiermaerkische.at
Business data 2019
Total assets	€ 17 billion
Employee	3,180
management
Board	Gerhard Fabisch, Georg Bucher, Oliver Kröpfl, Walburga Seidl
Supervisory board	Chairman Friedrich Santner
List of savings banks in Austria

The Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AG (usually short Steiermärkische was called) in 1825 as an association savings bank ( Steyer Märkische savings bank founded) and is the oldest financial institution in Styria . Business operations began on May 15, 1825 in the first business premises in the Landhaus , Schmiedgasse No. 9. The actual founder of the Steiermärkische Sparkasse was the personal representative of the emperor and his governor in Styria: Franz de Paula Graf Hartig. Since 1823 he was the kk governor of Styria and thus head of the kk steiermärkischen gubernium, the highest political authority of the country. In addition to his political duties, he also held a position that inspired him to found a savings bank in Graz. He had been a member of the First Austrian Spar-Casse Association since 1823 and had a direct insight into the beginnings of the savings bank system in Austria. As early as 1824 he had made the decision to found an institute of this kind in Styria.

history

• On February 12, 1825, the subscribers decided to set up a “Steyermärkische Spar-Casse zu Gratz” and its statute, and their first bodies were elected.
• On March 2, 1825, the statutes were approved by the Gubernium for Styria (Zl. 4840) and the members of the permanent committee were elected.
• On May 5, 1825, a decree of the United Court Chancellery in Vienna gave permission to operate this first Graz financial institution.
• On May 15, 1825 at 10 a.m. the opening took place in the premises of the business premises in the country house.
• The first customer was the protector of the Sparkasse, Graf von Hartig , who put in an amount of 100 florins with a dedication.
• The first employees of the Sparkasse were Peter Lingl (cashier) and Ignaz Dissauer (accountant). However, they were paid by their previous employer, Carl Freiherr von Mandell .
• On March 24, 1838, Archduke Johann , accompanied by State Minister Count von Kolowrat, visited the savings bank.
• On April 1, 1885, Steiermärkische Sparkasse moved into its new house, built according to plans by Matthias Seidl , in which the (older) St. Stephen's Hall was also built and made available to the public.
• The Steiermärkische Sparkasse in Graz emerged from "the transfer of the Sparkasse of the Graz Surrounding Area and the Community Sparkasse in Graz to the old Steiermärkische Sparkasse in 1939 by way of universal succession."
• From 1965 expansion in Styria - 20 savings bank acquisitions
• In 1991 it was incorporated into a stock corporation .
• 1992 Merger of Steiermärkische Sparkasse and Steiermärkische Bank
• From 1997 expansion in the Western Balkans
• 2000 Acquisition of Erste Bank branches in Styria
• 2019 Conclusion of the purchase agreement for the acquisition of Ohridska Banka Societe General (OBSG) in Skopje

Company profile

Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AG was founded in 1825 as an association savings bank, making it the first financial institution in Styria. It is a universal bank with services for private customers, small and medium-sized enterprises, private banking customers, large companies, institutional customers and the public sector. With total assets of 14.2 billion euros, it is the largest retail bank in Styria. The expanded home market includes Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. As the largest federal state savings bank, Steiermärkische Sparkasse is an important part of the Austrian savings bank group, which consists of 46 savings banks with Erste Group Bank and Erste Bank Austria as the leading institutions. It is also a member of the Sparkassen Haftungsverbund.

The "Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AG" has its seat at Am Sparkassenplatz in Graz . 73.38% of the shares in the stock corporation are held by “Steiermärkische Verwaltungssparkasse” , 25% by “ Erste Bank ” and 1.42% by the employees.

With total assets of 17.1 billion euros, the Steiermärkische Sparkasse group is the largest Styrian savings bank and the largest savings bank in southern Austria. The Sparkasse employs 3,180 people and operates 259 locations. (As of 2019)

Web links

• Steiermärkische Sparkasse

literature

• Wilhelm Kaiserfeld and Heinrich Poschacher, Die Steiermärkische Sparkasse 1825–1925. A memorandum on the occasion of its centenary , Graz 1925
• Werner Rauchwald: Banks in Graz ; Leykam-BrancheverlagsgmbH (Ed.) 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} query for bank code 20815. In: SEPA payment transactions directory of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) . (Requires browser reloading.)
2. ↑ Steiermärkische Sparkasse in Graz (ed.): 140 years Steiermärkische Sparkasse in Graz ; Leykam print; Graz 1965. (p. 10)
3. ^ Werner Rauchwald: The first time; in: The Grazer Sparkassen Chronicle 1825-2000; Leykam-BrancheverlagsgmbH (Ed.) 2000 (p. 11)
4. ↑ Rudolf Nefzer: 140 years 140 years Sparkasse Graz ; in: Steiermärkische Sparkasse in Graz (Ed.): 140 years Steiermärkische Sparkasse in Graz ; Leykam print; Graz 1965. (p. 37)

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 9 ″  N , 15 ° 26 ′ 13 ″  E