Finck family
| Finck von Finck | |
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Three portraits of the Finck family, c. 1859 | |
| Current region | Germany, Switzerland, Canada |
| Place of origin | Götzenhain, Grand Duchy of Hesse (now Germany) |
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| Founder | Wilhelm von Finck |
The Finck family is a German family and banking dynasty which became prominent in Germany and Europe during the 19th and 20th century. Members of the family were involved with various companies, as early as 1790, when Burckhard Finck founded Finck & Schäfer in Bad Vilbel, a wholesale and retailer for liquor, oil, soap and colonial goods.
The family became most notable through Wilhelm von Finck who was prominently associated with Merck, Finck & Co since 1870. He was also a co-founder of Allianz and Munich Re and was nobilitated in 1905 by Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. Since then his family branch carries the nobiliary particle and is known as von Finck.