1854), it was viewed as more independent than most other local banks of issue in Germany, which were generally under direct government control even when they were not government-owned.

[1]: 192 In 1895, Hermann Henrich Meier led the merger negotiations with Eugen Gutmann of Dresdner Bank.

From 1902 until 1904 a new head office building was built according to plans by architects Albert Dunkel and Dietrich Tölken in the Neo-Renaissance style in Domshof (Cathedral Court), a location that had been occupied by the St. Petri orphanage until demolition in 1902.

A building located next to the old bank headquarters was included in the extension, of which only a white front in the style of neoclassicism remained.

Today, "Markthalle Acht" (Market hall 8) is located in the atrium of the building ensemble which was roofed, because of the address Domshof 8.