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The '''''Darmstädter und Nationalbank''''', in shorthand '''Danat-Bank''' or '''Danatbank''', was a large German joint-stock bank. It was formed in 1922 from the merger of the Bank für Handel und Industrie (Darmstadt), known as [[Darmstädter Bank]], and the [[Nationalbank für Deutschland]]. Its failure in July 1931 was a significant episode of the [[European banking crisis of 1931]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Karl Erich |last=Born |title=Die deutsche Bankenkrise 1931: Finanzen und Politik |location=München |publisher=Piper |year=1967 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Manfred |last=Pohl |title=Konzentration im deutschen Bankwesen (1848–1980) |location=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Knapp |year=1982 |isbn=978-3-7819-0269-5 |language=de}}</ref><ref name=Schnabel>{{citation |title=The German Twin Crisis of 1931 |author=Isabel Schnabel |journal=Journal of Economic History |date=2004 |volume=64:3 |issue=3 |pages=822–871 |publisher=Cambridge University Press, on behalf of the Economic History Association |jstor=3874821 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3874821 }}</ref>
The '''Darmstädter und Nationalbank''' (short form '''Danat-Bank''') was a German bank.


== History ==
==Overview==
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H28568, Berlin, Behrenstraße, Danat-Bank.jpg|thumb|Danat-Bank building at Behrenstrasse 5 in 1931]]
The Darmstädter und Nationalbank was formed in 1922 from the merger of the Bank für Handel und Industrie (Darmstadt) and the [[Nationalbank für Deutschland]].

[[File:DA-Am-Alten-Bahnhof6.jpg|thumb|Former building of the Darmstädter Bank für Handel und Industrie in Darmstadt]]

The ''Darmstädter Bank für Handel und Industrie'' (often called ''Darmstädter Bank'') was founded as the ''Bank für Handel und Industrie'' by [[Gustav von Mevissen]] and [[Abraham Oppenheim]] with a capital of 25 million guilders and modelled after the French bank [[Crédit Mobilier]]. It received a banking concession on 2 April 1853.<ref>[http://www.zeno.org/Brockhaus-1911/A/Bank+f%C3%BCr+Handel+und+Industrie Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, fünfte Auflage, Band 1. Leipzig 1911., S. 149.], downloaded on 1 April 2009</ref> It was thus the second universal bank in Germany founded as a company limited by shares ([[Aktiengesellschaft]]), after the [[A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bankverein]]. In 1873 the bank moved its headquarters to Berlin, having opened a branch there in 1871. Further branches were opened in Stettin (1900), Hannover (1901), Düsseldorf, Munich and Nuremberg (1910). In 1913, the ''Darmstädter Bank'' took over the [[Breslauer Disconto-Bank]], and during the inflation years between 1918 and 1921, it opened many more branches across Germany.

== Danat-Bank ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H28575, Berlin, Schinkelplatz, Danat-Bank.jpg|thumb|Berlin 1925, The headquarters of the „Darmstädter und Nationalbank" at [[Schinkelplatz]] Nr. 1–4]]
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H28568, Berlin, Behrenstraße, Danat-Bank.jpg|thumb|Danatbank building at Behrenstrasse 5 in 1931]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12023, Berlin, Bankenkrach, Andrang bei der Sparkasse.jpg|thumb|Rush of savers from the [[Sparkasse (Germany)|Sparkasse]] of Berlin at [[Mühlendamm (Berlin)|Mühlendamm]] after the collapse of the Danatbank on 13 July 1931]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12023, Berlin, Bankenkrach, Andrang bei der Sparkasse.jpg|thumb|Rush of savers from the [[Sparkasse (Germany)|Sparkasse]] of Berlin at [[Mühlendamm (Berlin)|Mühlendamm]] after the collapse of the Danatbank on 13 July 1931]]


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== Well known figures ==
== Well known figures ==
Well-known bankers of the Danatbank and its predecessors are (in alphabetical order):
Well-known bankers of the Danatbank and its predecessors are (in alphabetical order):
* [[Siegmund Bodenheimer]] ''(Manager of Darmstädter Bank 1910–1922, shareholder 1922–1931)''
* [[Siegmund Bodenheimer]], Manager of Darmstädter Bank 1910–1922, shareholder 1922–1931
* [[Bernhard Dernburg]] ''(Manager of Darmstädter Bank 1901–1906)''
* [[Bernhard Dernburg]], Manager of Darmstädter Bank 1901–1906
* [[Jakob Goldschmidt]] ''(Shareholder 1922–1931)''
* [[Jakob Goldschmidt]], Shareholder 1922–1931
* [[Johannes Kaempf]] ''(Branch director of the '''Bank für Handel und Industrie in Berlin''' and Reichstags-President)''
* [[Johannes Kaempf]], Branch director of the ''Bank für Handel und Industrie in Berlin'' and Reichstags-President
* [[Hjalmar Schacht]] ''(Shareholder 1922–1923)''
* [[Hjalmar Schacht]], Shareholder 1922–1923
* [[Georg von Simson]] ''(Shareholder bis 1929)''
* [[Georg von Simson]], Shareholder bis 1929
* [[Richard Witting]] ''(Director (1902–1910) and board member (1911–1922) of the Nationalbank, board member of Danatbank)''
* [[Richard Witting]], Director (1902–1910) and board member (1911–1922) of the Nationalbank, board member of Danatbank


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |first=Karl Erich |last=Born |title=Die deutsche Bankenkrise 1931: Finanzen und Politik |location=München |publisher=Piper |year=1967 |language=de}}
* {{cite book |first=Manfred |last=Pohl |title=Konzentration im deutschen Bankwesen (1848–1980) |location=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Knapp |year=1982 |isbn=978-3-7819-0269-5 |language=de}}
* {{cite journal |last=Schnabel |first=Isabel |author-link=Isabel Schnabel |title=The German Twin Crisis of 1931 |journal=[[Journal of Economic History]] |volume=64 |issue=3 |year=2004 |pages=822–871 |doi=10.1017/S0022050704002980 }}


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 17:38, 23 December 2023

Danat-Bank
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
IndustryBanking
PredecessorBank für Handel und Industrie Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1922
Defunct1931
SuccessorDresdner Bank Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Darmstadt

The Darmstädter und Nationalbank, in shorthand Danat-Bank or Danatbank, was a large German joint-stock bank. It was formed in 1922 from the merger of the Bank für Handel und Industrie (Darmstadt), known as Darmstädter Bank, and the Nationalbank für Deutschland. Its failure in July 1931 was a significant episode of the European banking crisis of 1931.[1][2][3]

Overview

Danat-Bank building at Behrenstrasse 5 in 1931
Rush of savers from the Sparkasse of Berlin at Mühlendamm after the collapse of the Danatbank on 13 July 1931

In 1920/1921, the Darmstädter Bank für Handel und Industrie and the Nationalbank für Deutschland formed the bank union Darmstädter-Nationalbank Berlin. Both banks assumed a joint guarantee of capital and reserves of over 1 billion marks. The merger was fully completed in 1922, resulting in one of the largest commercial banks in Germany. By 1931 Danatbank had become the second largest bank in Germany, when it suffered a run which started around 17 June due to rumours of the insolvency of the Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei & Kammgarnspinnerei (North German Wool and Worsted Yarn Spinning Works), finally going bankrupt on 13 July 1931. It was thus one of the most prominent victims of deflation in Germany during the Great Depression.

The collapse of Danatbank triggered a loss of confidence in the German banking system, and let loose a wave of withdrawals from all other banks beginning the German Banking Crisis. In reaction, the government announced a Bank Holiday starting on 13 July, imposed further capital controls and forced the merger of Danatbank with Dresdner Bank. [citation needed]

Well known figures

Well-known bankers of the Danatbank and its predecessors are (in alphabetical order):

References

  1. ^ Born, Karl Erich (1967). Die deutsche Bankenkrise 1931: Finanzen und Politik (in German). München: Piper.
  2. ^ Pohl, Manfred (1982). Konzentration im deutschen Bankwesen (1848–1980) (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Knapp. ISBN 978-3-7819-0269-5.
  3. ^ Isabel Schnabel (2004), "The German Twin Crisis of 1931", Journal of Economic History, 64:3 (3), Cambridge University Press, on behalf of the Economic History Association: 822–871, JSTOR 3874821

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