Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft
The Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft was a significant German joint-stock bank, founded in 1856 in Berlin. It relocated to Frankfurt following World War II.
Former Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft head office complex, façade on Behrensstrasse
Gustav Mevissen (1815-1899) organized the consortium that established the BHG
Former Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft head office complex, Französische Strasse 42-44
The Frankfurter Bank was a German bank founded in 1854 in Frankfurt, which issued its own banknotes until 1901. On 1 January 1970, it merged with the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft to form Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank, generally referred to as BHF Bank until 2007 and since then as ODDO BHF.
Entrance of the Frankfurter Bank in the 1950s, Neue Mainzer Strasse 69 in Frankfurt