[eng] Abstract As a result of this article one has to state, that many private banking houses had undergone a change in their relative position in the functioning of the banking system between 1900 and 1933. In the nineteenth century private banks had developed the 'mixed banking' practices and...

[eng] Abstract For a long time research in baking history has pointed out that the German banks were among the loosers of the post-war inflation. Comparing the balance sheets of 1913 and these of 1924 (Goldmakerqffhungsbilanzen) it becomes quite obvious that the banks were faced with subsantial...

Studies on social behaviour, habitus, values and norms of bankers are a desideratum of research. Therefore, it is only justifiable with reservations to define the banker more closely as a social type. This contribution attempts to answer the question of the extent to which German bankers behaved...

The history of German ship mortgage and ship Pfandbrief banks goes back to the end of the First World War. However, the financial crisis from 2007 to 2009 and even more so the current crisis in shipping prevented their business model from coming under increasing criticism. Firstly, this article...

The Relationship of the Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei und Kammgarnspinnerei (Nordwolle Group) with the Banks: Research into the relationship between banking and industry has long held the view that banks had dominated their clientele from industry, trade and retailing and they had established a...

Cologne has also benefited as a financial center from the specific momentum of the "economic miracle" since the 1950s. On the one hand, previously existing structures such as the excellent position of private bankers could be built on in Cologne, on the other hand, new business fields such as...

Reviews on Dieter Engels (Hrsg.): 300 Jahre externe Finanzkontrolle in Deutschland - gestern, heute und morgen. Festschrift zur 300. Wiederkehr der Errichtung der Preußischen General-Rechenkammer (Andreas Thier); Joachim Scholtyseck: Die Geschichte der National-Bank 1921 bis 2011 (Harald...

The relationship of companies in the maritime economy to banks has been neglected by researchers. While this is surprising, specific financing techniques in ship financing can be found. In addition, the topic has a high degree of currency: the relationship of shipping companies and shipyards to...