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Spišskosobotská katolícka ľudová banka, Spišská Sobota
Spišskosobotská katolícka ľudová banka, účastinná spoločnosť (Spišská Sobota Catholic People's Bank, joint-stock company) was established in 1912 under the Hungarian name Szepesszombati katolikus népbank, r. t. Its share capital was 100,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns (K). This was represented by 2,000 shares with a nominal value of K 50 each. The bank was authorised to accept deposits, discount and rediscount bills of exchange, grant loans, buy and sell real estate, and conduct various banking transactions.
It was a relatively small financial institution. Between 1913 and 1915 it had a net profit of K 10,000, deposits amounting to K 500,000 and extended loans also amounting to K 500,000. For the 1936–1937 financial years it reported a net profit of 30,000 Czechoslovak crowns (Kč), deposits amounting to Kč 2 million and loans likewise amounting to Kč 2 million.
At the time of its founding, the members of the management board were Alexander Boharcsik, Ján Jendrichovszky, Arpád Schönwiesner, Ödön Schürger, Koloman Winkler, Ernest Winkler, Alexander Wyda, Karol Gotsch, Ján Odrobina, Ján Palencsár, Aladár Polnisch, František Rolný, Frigyes Rolný, Koloman Teschler and the treasurer Jozef Kuchta. At the end of the 1920s, the board was chaired by the prominent Spiš architect Gedeon Majunke.
Preserved archival material on the bank was kept in the archives of Štátna banka československá (State Bank of Czechoslovakia) in Bratislava until 1965, when it was transferred to the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá at 2 Šrobárova Street in Košice by order of the Slovak Archives Administration. After 1990 the fonds was relocated to the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava and it was moved again to the NBS archive building at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava in 2003.
An initial inventory of the fonds was made in the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá in 1967 and this was revised in the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska in 2016. The archival fonds consists of one account ledger and one box. The only surviving files are balance sheets for the years 1935 to 1937 and securities.
Last updated: Monday, December 15, 2025