The Essen main building, designed by Edmund Körner, inaugurated in 1930 and listed as a historical monument since 1987, is located north of Essen's main train station and was used by the then Essen Stock Exchange until 1934. As early as 1855, the Essen Stock Exchange developed from a private stock exchange association as part of regular Sunday negotiations, and initially only existed for two years. At the instigation of the mining association, the Essen stock exchange was brought back to life on 21st December 1865. In 1880, the Essen Stock Exchange was placed under the supervision of the Chamber of Commerce, and was given stock exchange regulations. In 1934 the Essen Stock Exchange was closed. The closure resulted from a decree by the Reich Minister of Economics, Kurt Schmitt, who had reduced the number of German stock exchanges from 21 to 9. (previous | next | back to album | 2022:06:05 19:50:36 | 10% of an album)