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Picture on the left: The banking house August Stern & Cie, Drususgasse 15, Köln 1924. © NS-Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne
Picture on the right: © Joshua Esters / LVR-Zentrum für Medien und Bildung
Drususgasse
A Traditional Cologne Banking House
Drususgasse 3, 50667 Köln
Founded in 1860 by the brothers Louis and August Stern from Soest in Westphalia, August Stern & Cie. opened here in the 1880s – first in two neighbouring streets and then finally at Drususgasse 15 (today Drususgasse 3). The banking house soon established itself in Cologne and rapidly developed into a flourishing business.