The Hamburg banking sector experienced considerable structural changes in the period from 1850 until into the 1930s … branches. What is striking is the bilateral integration of Hamburg with Berlin, the financial center. While the banking … relationships with the imperial capital meant a relative loss of importance for the local Hamburg banks, it also brought a …

Two features of the history of Hamburg as a financial centre are of particular interest from the perspective of a … financial crises which ensued following the big fire of Hamburg in 1842 and the international economic crisis of 1857. These …

article intends to clarify this question for Hamburg – without question one of the most important German locations for both …