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Trenčianska banka, Trenčín
On 20 July 1865, around 60 of the leading figures of Trenčín County, including the county judge Štefan Lieskovský as a representative of the county head, met in Trenčín to agree on the establishment of a savings bank as a joint-stock company (which would be known in Slovak as Trenčianska sporiteľňa and in Hungarian as Trencsényi takarékpénztár, részvénytársaság).
The meeting also elected a commission to carry out further preparation work chaired by Ferdinand Príleský with Imrich Burjan as secretary, Béla Simon as treasurer, and other 14 members. The founding general meeting was convened on 16 October 1865. Baron Medujanský was elected chairman of the board of directors, which had 30 members. Jozef Gálik would be the managing director. The capital was set at 30,000 guldens.
The bank’s articles of association were approved by government decision on 27 May 1866 and a further decision of 9 June 1866 authorised it to commence operations. Trenčianska sporiteľňa opened its doors on 2 July 1866 and, following the example of other savings banks, it opened a pawnshop for gold and silver items on 10 October 1866.
The bank accepted deposits, provided loans secured by promissory notes and provided loans for commercial premises. It engaged in the purchase and sale of buildings, agricultural properties, and forest estates, as well as the leasing of such properties while in its possession. From 1905, it expanded its activities to include financing commercial and industrial enterprises. It engaged in transactions involving various Austro-Hungarian securities for its own account. Its capital was raised to 60,000 guldens in 1874 and to 400,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns (K) in 1908.
When the Czechoslovak Republic was established after the end of the First World War, the institution adopted the name Trenčianska banka (Trenčín Bank) and it became an affiliate of Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka (Slovak General Credit Bank) in Bratislava.
The post-war economic chaos and difficulties with securities valued at a total of 9.4 million Czechoslovak crowns (Kč) brought Trenčianska banka to brink of insolvency. After an adjustment to the share capital and protracted negotiations between Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka and Tatra banka in Martin, it was finally agreed that Trenčianska banka should merge with Tatra banka. In 1926, Trenčianska banka was incorporated into the Tatra banka branch in Trenčín and ceased to exist as an independent financial institution.
Files on Trenčianska banka were deposited in the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá (State Bank of Czechoslovakia) in Marianka in 1956, 1958 and 1964. Between 1975 and 1977, they were transferred to the bank’s archives building at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava and in 2003 they were moved to the archives building of Národná banka Slovenska at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava.
The archival fonts includes documents in Hungarian, German and Slovak. It was processed in the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá in Bratislava in 1964 and an initial inventory was also drawn up at that time. This was revised in the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska in 2015. The oldest document is a book of minutes of the general meeting from 1865. Most of the documents are books of minutes of the board of directors and accounting ledgers.
Last updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2025