Metadata: Banking House Eichborn & Co. in Breslau
Collection
- Country:
- Poland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Wroclaw, Kamieniec-Ząbkowicki branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu, Oddział Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
- Postal address:
- Plac Kościelny 4, 57-230, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
- Phone number:
- (+48 74) 8173540
- Web address:
- http://www.ap.wroc.pl/
- Email:
- kamieniec@ap.wroc.pl
- Reference number:
- PL 84/636
- Title:
- Banking House Eichborn & Co. in Breslau
- Title (official language):
- Dom Bankowy Eichborn i Spółka we Wrocławiu
- Creator/accumulator:
- Bankhaus Eichborn & Co. in Breslau
- Date(s):
- 1765/1945
- Language:
- German
- French
- Russian
- English
- Extent:
- 90 linear metres (4,482 folders)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The papers of the Eichborn and Company Banking House in Breslau (now Wroclaw) is a large archival collection containing some elements related to Jewish affairs. The documents reflect the methods of banking operations, a history of the banker’s family, and the changes in the economic and political situation in Europe at that time.
The collection is organised into subject groups:
A) Incoming letters from businesses, 1804–1900 (ref. nos. 1–2098): materials related to the companies are arranged alphabetically, quoting the corresponding city or locality. Records of the companies are included covering changes in managerial posts (chairmen, directors).
B) Outgoing letters, dated 1801–90 (ref. nos. 2099–2688): arranged by year and alphabetically therein.
C) Correspondence with bankers, 1880–1944 (ref. nos. 2689–2849): in chronological order.
D) Correspondence with factories and other manufacturing enterprises, 1906–1944 (ref. nos. 2850–2965): these materials refer to the economic standing of not only the enterprises concerned but the area of Silesia in its entirety; includes balance-sheets, revision records, supervisory board reports, statutes, and standard correspondence. Contains lists of companies from various European cities. E) Commercial and financial affairs of the enterprise, 1785–1944 (ref. nos. 3502–4219), various correspondence (ref. nos. 3315–3501): contains materials related to the structure of the Bankhaus Eichborn & Co. enterprise.
F) Land management and construction affairs, 1906–43 (ref. nos. 4342–4379): materials concerning the company’s properties/estates, legal cases (ref. nos. 4380–4396): materials related to court cases in which Eichborn family members were involved.
G) Participation/contribution of Eichborn family members in/to associations and political parties, 1910–35 (ref. nos. 4290–4341): materials concerning political, social, professional, and scientific organisations.
H) Participation/contribution of Eichborn family members in/to the public affairs of Breslau and the state, 1795–1933 (ref. nos. 4397–4443).
I) Private affairs of the Eichborn family (ref. nos. 4220–4289): private letters and family archive.
J) History of the company (ref. no. 4444–4482).
The Jewish items are dispersed and relate to entities cooperating with the Eichborn & Co. Banking House. They include:
Ref. no. 4: Abraham & Sohn, Berlin, 1933–4
Ref. no. 57: Aronson P., Krakau, 1826–7
Ref. no. 151: Beer Benjamin, Brody, 1826/1827
Ref. no. 157: Behr Abraham, Berlin, 1833
Ref. no. 251: Bleicher Salomon, Görlitz, 1824/1833
Ref. no. 259: Blumenfeld Simcha, Krakau, 1819/1826
Ref. no. 728: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Halberstadt, 1805–21
Ref. no. 729: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Magdeburg, 1808–19
Ref. no. 730: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Leipzig, 1808–26
Ref. no. 731: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Braunschweig, 1809–23
Ref. no. 722: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Magdeburg, 1820–22
Ref. no. 723: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Halberstadt, 1822–34
Ref. no. 724: Heynemann Israel Jacob & Süssmann, Magdeburg, 1828–34
Ref. no. 883: Cohn B. D. & Sohn, Cottbus, 1815–34
Ref. no. 884: Cohn Elias, Frankenstein, 1814–24
Ref. no. 885: Cohn W. M., Warschau, 1826–9
- Archival history:
- The records were accumulated by the Bankhaus Eichborn & Co. until 1945. In 1949 they were accessioned by the Wroclaw State Archive. In 1959–61, Dr Władysław Pyrek, Eryk Boryczka and Janina Michalska rearranged and inventoried the fund.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Eichborn & Co. was founded by Johann-Ludwig Eichborn in Breslau (now Wroclaw) in 1728. The business acquired the name ‘Eichborn & Co’ in 1766 and retained it until its dissolution. Initially, it functioned as a small merchant house which contributed to the development of transit commerce. The company traded in linen and canvas, wool, and wine. Later in the eighteenth century, its business focused on lending (crediting) operations. With time, Eichborn & Co. rose to become the best-known banking institution in Lower Silesia. The owners were very active in the field of economy as well as in the public domain. The company pursued contacts with the leading companies in a number of European cities: Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Frankfurt, Krakow, Warsaw and elsewhere. It also did business outside in America and Asia. Throughout the nineteenth century, the shareholders established and maintained contacts with top military and civilian personages of Europe, who used the bank’s services. Eichborn & Co. had branch offices or subsidiaries in many Silesian towns and representatives in a number of European cities.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Eichborn family
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged thematically.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is available in the reading room of the State Archive of Wroclaw, Kamieniec-Ząbkowicki branch.
- Finding aids:
- A register is available at the archives.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute
- Author of the description:
- Anna Grużlewska, Leszek Ziątkowski; University of Wroclaw; 2015
