Herstatt Bank

Cologne private bank, bankrupt on 26 June 1974
Organization private_bank Q880268
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Herstatt Bank

Summary

Herstatt Bank is a private bank[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (private_bank category, ranking #18 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • Herstatt Bank is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Herstatt Bank's instance of is recorded as private bank[4].
  • Herstatt Bank's founder is recorded as Iwan-David Herstatt[5].
  • Herstatt Bank's founder is recorded as Emil Georg Bührle[6].
  • Herstatt Bank's founder is recorded as Hans Gerling[7].
  • Herstatt Bank's owned by is recorded as Gerling Group[8].
  • Herstatt Bank's owned by is recorded as Hans Gerling[9].
  • Herstatt Bank's headquarters location is recorded as Verwaltungsgebäude Bankhaus Herstatt[10].
  • Herstatt Bank's headquarters location is recorded as Cologne[11].
  • Herstatt Bank's GND ID is recorded as 43875-3[12].
  • Herstatt Bank's industry is recorded as bank[13].
  • +1955-12-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Herstatt Bank[14].
  • Herstatt Bank was dissolved in +1974-12-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Herstatt Bank's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09wg4z[16].
  • Herstatt Bank's significant event is recorded as bankruptcy[17].
  • Herstatt Bank's product or material produced is recorded as retail banking[18].
  • Herstatt Bank's legal form is recorded as Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien[19].
  • Herstatt Bank's significant person is recorded as Hans Gerling[20].
  • Herstatt Bank's Kalliope-Verbund is recorded as 43875-3[21].
  • Herstatt Bank's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/ba049a2a-ab08-4ec5-91f7-61f3ed0c0320[22].

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Founding

Founders include Iwan-David Herstatt[5], Emil Georg Bührle[6], and Hans Gerling[7]. +1955-12-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Herstatt Bank[14].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Verwaltungsgebäude Bankhaus Herstatt[10], an office building[23], in Germany[24] and Cologne[11], a Hanseatic city[25], in Germany[26].

Industry

Herstatt Bank's industry is recorded as bank[13].

Ownership

Owners include Gerling Group[8], an insurance company[27], in Germany[28], founded in 1904[29], headquartered in Cologne[30] and Hans Gerling[9], an entrepreneur[31], 1915–1991[32], of Germany[33]. Herstatt Bank's product or material produced is recorded as retail banking[18].

Dissolution

Herstatt Bank was dissolved in +1974-12-01T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Herstatt Bank draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (private_bank category, ranking #18 of 31).[2]

References

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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Failure of Herstatt Disturbs Banking. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . encyclopedia.com. encyclopedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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