found: Deutsche Bank Web site, Nov. 4, 2003(Founded 1870; 1929 merged with Disconto-Gesellschaft to become Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft; reverted to Deutsche Bank in 1937; in 1947-48, Deutsche Bank was broken up into ten banks (Rheinisch-Westfälische Bank (Düsseldorf), Süddeutsche Bank (München, Frankfurt), Norddeutsche Bank (Hamburg), Hessische Bank (Frankfurt), Bayerische Creditbank (München), Südwestbank (Mannheim, Stuttgart), Disconto Bank (Bremen)); in 1949 successor to Deutsche Bank established in Berlin: Berliner Disconto Bank AG; following the formation of the Federal Republic, the bank was able to regroup in two stages: in 1952 ten successor institutions combined to form three joint-stock companies: Rheinisch-Westfälische Bank, Süddeutsche Bank, and Norddeutsche Bank; in 1957 the three merged to form Deutsche Bank once again)
