Reichsbank
Reichsbank head office at Jägerstraße in Berlin, photographed in 1933 | |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
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| Established | 1 January 1876 |
| Ownership | dispersed |
| President | Hermann von Dechend (1876-1890) Richard Koch (1890-1908) Rudolf Havenstein (1908-1923) Hjalmar Schacht (1923-1930, 1933-1939) Hans Luther (1930-1933) Walther Funk (1939-1945) |
| Central bank of | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany Nazi-occupied territories |
| Currency | German mark (1876-1924) Reichsmark (1924-1945) |
| Preceded by | Bank of Prussia (1876) Oesterreichische Nationalbank (1938) |
| Succeeded by | Bank deutscher Länder (West Germany) Deutsche Notenbank (GDR) Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austria) National Bank of Poland Gosbank (East Prussia) Banque de France (Alsace-Lorraine) National Bank of Belgium (Luxembourg) |
The Reichsbank (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌbank] ⓘ; lit. 'Bank of the Reich') was the central bank of the German Empire from 1876 until the end of Nazi Germany in 1945.