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1940<br />

Commerz- und<br />

Privat-<strong>Bank</strong> adopts the<br />

name <strong>Commerzbank</strong>-<br />

Aktiengesellschaft which<br />

is already in general<br />

usage.<br />

1970<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong> is part of the<br />

Europartners Group.<br />

Share from 1957<br />

1945<br />

The headquarters are relocated to<br />

Hamburg prior to the end of the war.<br />

The 93 offices in East Berlin and<br />

in the Soviet occupation zone are<br />

expropriated without compensation.<br />

1952<br />

As successor institutions of <strong>Commerzbank</strong>,<br />

<strong>Bank</strong>verein Westdeutschland AG (from 1956<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong>-<strong>Bank</strong>verein AG) acts in<br />

Düsseldorf, Commerz- und Diskonto- <strong>Bank</strong> AG<br />

in Hamburg and Commerz- und Creditbank AG<br />

in Frankfurt am Main.<br />

1972<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong> introduces the “Quatre Vents” logo.<br />

Money box<br />

“Goldi”, 1974<br />

Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich<br />

Genscher opens the Halle branch<br />

in 1990<br />

2000<br />

Merger discussions between <strong>Dresdner</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />

and <strong>Commerzbank</strong> stay without any results.<br />

1990<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong> relocates its registered<br />

headquarters from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt<br />

am Main. After the fall of the Berlin Wall,<br />

it opens a linking office in East Berlin.<br />

1993<br />

In a realignment of structures<br />

of the headquarters five divisions are<br />

created.<br />

2005<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong><br />

takes over Eurohypo AG<br />

and becomes the<br />

second-largest credit<br />

institution in Germany.<br />

Excerpt from a<br />

share: The winged<br />

“C” was the logo of<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong> from 1940-1972<br />

1947/48<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong> is<br />

broken down into<br />

nine branch groups.<br />

1958<br />

Merger of the successor institutions<br />

into <strong>Commerzbank</strong> AG, while the<br />

Düsseldorf institution taking over its<br />

two sister banks.<br />

1971<br />

The centralisation of headquarters in<br />

Frankfurt am Main begins at <strong>Commerzbank</strong><br />

as well. The New York branch is the first<br />

operating branch of a German bank to open<br />

in the United States.<br />

Skyscraper<br />

by Richard Heil<br />

in Frankfurt, 1974<br />

1997<br />

The new skyscraper<br />

in Frankfurt am Main<br />

is inaugurated.<br />

2008<br />

<strong>Commerzbank</strong>, Allianz and <strong>Dresdner</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />

announce that <strong>Commerzbank</strong> will take over<br />

Allianz’s shares in <strong>Dresdner</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> in two stages.<br />

Advisory <strong>Bank</strong> with a Future<br />

1940<br />

1950<br />

1960<br />

1970<br />

1980<br />

1990<br />

2000<br />

2010<br />

79<br />

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