page_title: Creditanstalt
section_title: Austria-Hungary
hierarchical_section_title: Creditanstalt / History / Austria-Hungary
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: ehemaliger Firmensitz der Creditanstalt (nunmehr Bank Austria / Creditanstalt) in der Schottengasse 6-8, in Wien English: former headquarter of the Creditanstalt (today Bank Austria / Creditanstalt) located at the Schottengasse 6-8, in Vienna
context_page_description: Creditanstalt was an Austrian bank based in Vienna.
context_section_description: The Creditanstalt was founded in 1855 by Rothschild's son, Anselm, as the K. k. priv. Österreichische Credit-Anstalt für Handel und Gewerbe (approximate translation: Imperial royal privileged Austrian Credit Institute for Commerce and Industry). Being very successful, it soon became the largest bank in Austria-Hungary.
  Anselm's son, Albert, took control of the Credit-Anstalt in 1872 and was succeeded in 1911 by his son, Louis. In 1912, the firm's new headquarters in Vienna's Innere Stadt opened in a lavishly decorated Neoclassical building, which is still preserved to the present day.
caption: Former Creditanstalt headquarters on Schottengasse in Vienna
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