Zemská Banka

Zemská Banka (German: Landesbank) was a significant state-sponsored financial institution in Prague during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

It was founded in 1890 as the Landesbank des Königreiches Böhmen (Czech: Zemská banka království Českého, French: Banque du Royaume de Bohëme, English: Royal Bank of Bohemia).

[2] During Nazi occupation it was known as the Landesbank für Böhmen, while its operation in the Slovak Republic were transferred to an institution newly established for that purpose, the Slovenská hypotečná a komunálna banka (SHKB, lit.

It complemented the Hypothekenbank des Königreichs Böhmen [cs], established in Prague in 1865 with a government guarantee, considered the original mortgage bank in the Habsburg monarchy.

[5] The former head office of Zemská Banka was built on the Na příkopě thoroughfare in 1894–1896, on the location of a former baroque palace that served as Bohemian Museum (Czech: Zemské muzeum) between 1847 and 1890 and was demolished in 1893.