MünchenerHyp is a member of the Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken, of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR) and of the Bavarian Cooperative Association [de].
[1][2] The company was founded on December 2, 1896, as the Bavarian Agricultural Bank (German: Bayerische Landwirthschaftsbank) and was supported by the cooperative sector and the then Royal Bavarian state government under Prince Regent Luitpold.
The Bayerische Landwirthschaftsbank was originally involved in the agricultural sector, but after the end of World War I it gradually expanded its business areas to become a generalist mortgage bank.
In 1897, Prince Regent Luitpold allowed the bank to use the Bavarian royal crown in its seal.
Until 2011, Max Emanuel, a member of the house, was deputy chairman of the bank's supervisory board.