Reichsbank

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bank central bank defunct organization

The Reichsbank was the central bank of Germany from the late 19th century through the Weimar Republic and much of the Nazi era, responsible for issuing currency and managing the nation’s monetary policy.

Aliases (2)

Preußische Bank ×2
Deutsche Rentenbank ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bank → central bank → defunct organization →
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture →
country	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
currencyIssued	German gold mark → Papiermark → Reichsmark → Rentenmark →
dissolved	1945 →
foundedBy	German Empire →
function	banker to the government → issue of banknotes → management of gold and foreign exchange reserves → management of monetary policy →
hasPart	Reichsbank main building in Berlin →
headquartersLocation	Berlin →
inception	1876 →
jurisdiction	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
legalForm	public law institution →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Free State of Prussia → Kingdom of Prussia →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time →
mainBuildingArchitect	Friedrich Hitzig → Heinrich Wolff NERFINISHED →
officeHeldBy	Hjalmar Schacht → Karl Helfferich → Rudolf Havenstein → Walther Funk → Wilhelm Havenstein →
ownedBy	German state →
participatedIn	financing of German rearmament → looting of gold and assets in occupied Europe →
precededBy	Preußische Bank →
regulatedBy	Reichsbank Act of 1875 →
replacedBy	Bank deutscher Länder → Deutsche Bundesbank →
replaces	Preußische Bank →
significantEvent	German monetary reform of 1923 → Nazi economic policy → World War II → hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic →
subordinateTo	German Empire government → Nazi regime → Weimar Republic government →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pfennig → Reichsmark →	monetaryAuthority
Reich Ministry of Economics →	cooperatedWith
Third Reich economic bureaucracy →	includesAgency
Rentenmark ("Deutsche Rentenbank") →	issuer
Reichsbank ("Preußische Bank") →	precededBy
Reichsbank ("Preußische Bank") →	replaces