Bank Krajowy

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Former head office of Bank Krajowy in Lemberg, now State University of Physical Culture in Lviv

The Bank Krajowy, full name Bank Krajowy dla Królestwa Galicji i Lodomerii wraz z Wielkim Księstwem Krakowskim (

Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
.

History

The Bank Krajowy was the first credit institution in Galicia that emerged outside of the Jewish community, leaving aside direct loans provided by large landowners. It was supported by Leon Biliński, then received decisive support from Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz, mayor of Kraków, who convinced the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria to establish it by a resolution of 21 October 1881.[1] The new public bank, whose capital was subscribed by the provincial government, started operations on 2 July 1883.[2]: 255 

In 1895, the Bank Krajowy opened a branch in Kraków. In 1905, it moved into a new purpose-built head office adjacent to the Galician Diet building in Lemberg (which later became the main building of the University of Lviv). In 1910, it opened another branch in Bielsko-Biała, for which it erected a new building designed by architect Leopold Landau in the early 1920s.[3] By then, it was the dominant credit institution in Galicia, partly substituting the Austro-Hungarian Bank. It lent to local government and public institutions, and thus financed public investments such as railways and tramways. It also discounted commercial bills, lent to small landowners, and collected retail deposits.[2]: 255 

During

Drohobycz,[4] and Kolomyia
to the prior ones in Kraków and Biała.

In 1924, at the initiative of Prime Minister

Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.[5]

  • Inauguration of the Lemberg head office building, 1905
    Inauguration of the Lemberg head office building, 1905
  • Former cash room in 2007
    Former cash room in 2007
  • Former main entrance, now University of Physical Culture
    Former main entrance, now University of Physical Culture
  • Former branch building in Bielsko-Biała, completed in 1923
    Former branch building in Bielsko-Biała, completed in 1923

Leadership

Chairmen

Directors

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Books and Periodicals Received". The Sarmatian Review. XX:3. September 2000.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Janusz Kaliński (January 2005). "Austrian banks in Poland up to 1948". Bank Austria Creditanstalt: 150 Jahre österreichische Bankengeschichte im Zentrum Europas. Paul Zsolonay Verlag. pp. 253–267.
  3. ^ "Polski Bank Krajowy". Projekt Bielsko-Biała. 12 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Savings Bank Building at 3 Castle Hill Square". Drohobych.
  5. ^ Bronislaw Hynowski (1 February 2013). "Oddział BGK we Lwowie". Kurier Galicyjski.


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