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Gazdovská a priemyselná banka, Bánovce nad Bebravou
The bank’s original name was Trenčiansko-bánovská gazdovská a priemyselná banka, účastinná spoločnosť (Trenčín Bánovce Agricultural and Industrial Bank, joint-stock company). This was shortened to Bánovská gazdovská a priemyselná banka, účastinná spoločnosť (Bánovce Agricultural and Industrial Bank) in 1908. In 1914, it was shortened for a third and final time to Gazdovská a priemyselná banka, účastinná spoločnosť (in Hungarian, Gazdasági és iparbank, r. t., in German Landwirtschaftliche und Industriebank A.G., in unofficial English, Agricultural and Industrial Bank).
The inaugural general meeting was held on 27 December 1905. The idea for the bank came from the Burg brothers, who were wholesalers of leather, wood and grain. The bank initially issued 1,000 shares with a nominal value of 100 Austro-Hungarian crowns (K), giving total share capital of K 100,000. Three years later, the bank reported deposits amounting to nearly K 400,000, granted loans amounting to over K 1 million and a profit of K 27,110. The management at that time comprised Miksa Göpfert, honorary chairman, Ján von Zamaróczy, chairman, Žigmund Grün, managing director, board members Armín Bauer, Štefan Rényi, Miksa Freund, Koloman Lange, Šándor Schlesinger, Móric Burg, Jozef Janáč, Adolf Baron, Izidor Löwinger, Július Erdei, Ignác Schlesinger, Adolf Burg, Jozef Benyak and the lawyer Béla Vranovič. The members of the supervisory board were R. Matus, Albert Némlaha, Alexander Gomboš, Georg Bélik, and Arpád Brodyany, the accountant was Ľudovít Fischer.
The bank was an important financial institution for the town and the surrounding area and financed several local enterprises. Most of its clients were entrepreneurs and landowners. It was based in a building belonging to Vojtech Bélik and when Béla Vranovič (Wranovich) put up a new building on Štúrovo Square in 1909, the bank moved in there. The bank’s share capital increased to K 200,000 in 1907 and K 500,000 in 1918. In 1915, the bank’s net profit was K 70,102. The bank underwrote war loans during the First World War. For example, they underwrote loans amounting to K 60,000 in 1917.
In 1920 the share capital grew to 1 million Czechoslovak crowns (Kč) and Dunajská banka, Bratislava was a shareholder. In 1929 it had a net profit of Kč 170,226. In this period the chairman of the supervisory board was Alexander Gomboš and the managing director was Žigmund Grün. Ludwig Fischer was an authorised signatory. Members of the administrative board included Móric and Marcel Burg, Vojtech Bélik, Pavel Kadoš, Gabriel Beňačka, Ján Podoba, Ľudevít Grün and Adalbert Wranovich.
Being a Jewish-owned financial institution made it a target for the anti-Semitic regime during the Second World War. In 1941 it was taken over by Sedliacka banka, which made it its branch in Bánovce nad Bebravou. The first branch manager was Ernest Križan, who was succeeded by Ján Pertl.
The bank was officially dissolved in 1950 when it was merged, with universal succession, with Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka (Slovak General Credit Bank) in Bratislava, which was itself taken over by the newly established Štátna banka československá (State Bank of Czechoslovakia) in 1951.
The bank’s preserved documents were entered in the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá in a former monastery in Marianka. In the period 1975 – 1977, they were transferred to the new building of the archives located at 27 Krajná Street and in 2003 they were moved to the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava.Only a few documents have survived: Articles of Association from the 1930s, a transcript from the Companies Register from 1939, annual reports for 1930, 1936 and 1938 – 1939, and 9 accounting ledgers. An inventory of the fonds was prepared in the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska in 2016.
Last updated: Thursday, January 26, 2023