Germany · Credit institution
Bhw Bausparkasse Aktiengesellschaft
BHW Bausparkasse AG is a German building and loan association (Bausparkasse) with its registered seat in Hameln. It belongs to the Deutsche Bank group. BHW Gesellschaft für Wohnungswirtschaft mbH holds 94% of its shares and BHW Holding GmbH holds 6%. The bank offers building-society savings contracts and residential mortgage finance, mainly in Germany, and has a branch in Luxembourg. It was founded in Berlin in 1928, and DB Bauspar AG was merged into it in 2019.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers. It is on the ECB list of supervised entities (see Regulatory status): that is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Regulatory status
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Deutsche Bank
- Relation
- In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
- Bucket
- 1 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.0% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- BHW Bausparkasse AG
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervised group (ECB)
- Deutsche Bank AG →
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets above EUR 1,000 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- BHW Bausparkasse Aktiengesellschaft
- RIAD code
- DE07825
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) | 1990-03-16 | A3 |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BHWBDE2HXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BHWBDE2H directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 1998-12-05
- Last updated
- 2023-12-06
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
94% BHW Gesellschaft für Wohnungswirtschaft mbH
Institution type
Credit union / building society
Trades as BHW
- Standing
- The bank is active. According to its 2025 annual report, the Luxembourg branch takes new business and also serves customers of the former Belgian branch. The Italian branch in Bolzano no longer writes new business.
- Ownership
- BHW Gesellschaft für Wohnungswirtschaft mbH holds 94% and BHW Holding GmbH holds 6%, both within the Deutsche Bank group.
- Direct parent
- BHW Gesellschaft für Wohnungswirtschaft mbH, Germany 94%
- Ultimate owner
- Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
- Major shareholder
- BHW Holding GmbH 6% · 31 Dec 2025
- Head office
- Lubahnstraße 2, 31789 Hameln, Germany
- Company register
- HRB 100345, Amtsgericht Hannover
Business lines
The bank has two business lines: building-society savings (Bausparen) and private residential mortgage finance. It sells mainly through Deutsche Bank and Postbank branches, mobile sales staff and partner banks and insurers.
Online
- Websites & references
- bhw.de ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 7 pages consulted
- bhw.de/startseite/footer/impressum.html
- bhw.de/startseite/unternehmen/ueber-uns.html
- bhw.de/startseite.html
- bhw.de/dam/bhwde/pdf/GB2025.pdf
- bhw.de/startseite/service/ihr-bausparvertrag/sepa.html
- db.com/news/detail/20190514-db-bauspar-und-bhw-bausparkasse-fusionieren-meilenstein-bei-integrat
- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHW_Bausparkasse
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Dietmar König
Sprecher des Vorstands (Spokesman of the Management Board)
- Chair
- Achim Kuhn Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats (Chair of the Supervisory Board)
- Chief financial officer
- Kai-David Ortmann Generalbevollmächtigter, operative responsibility for Finance since 1 October 2025 (not a Management Board member)
- Executive
-
Robert Annabrunner
Mitglied des Vorstands (Member of the Management Board)
- Executive
-
Alf Meyer zur Heyde
Mitglied des Vorstands (Member of the Management Board)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank Prudential supervisor
- Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConduct
- Germany
- Deutsche Bundesbank Central bankPrudential supervisor
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
The bank moved the building-society contracts of the former Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG and its own contracts onto one system.
bhw.de ↗ -
Leadership
Dr Tobias Horn joined the executive team as Generalbevollmächtigter and took over the risk division.
bhw.de ↗ -
Leadership
Dr Christian Schramm left the Management Board as Chief Financial Officer on 30 September 2025.
bhw.de ↗ -
Leadership
Jörn Joseph resigned as Management Board member and Chief Risk Officer on 30 April 2025.
bhw.de ↗ -
Leadership
The Supervisory Board appointed Alf Meyer zur Heyde to the Management Board with effect from 1 January 2025.
bhw.de ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BHWBDE2HXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BHWBBank
- DECountry · Germany
- 2HLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 7D9EHZL14BBPJWTN6S08
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- Bankleitzahl 25410200
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Deutsche Bank list of 2025
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft · Germany7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Deutsche Bank bucket 1 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft group has 84 institutions in the directory, in 43 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank A.G., Deutsche Bank A.G., Deutsche Bank SPA, Deutsche Bank AG.
See the Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- LUBAHNSTRASSE 2 HAMELN 31789 GERMANY
- Operational address
- LUBAHNSTRASSE 2 HAMELN 31789 HAMELN GERMANY
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI and its DEBLZ clearing code
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BHWBDE2HXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>25410200</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>7D9EHZL14BBPJWTN6S08</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BHWBDE2HXXX</BICFI>
<ClrSysMmbId>
<ClrSysId>
<Cd>DEBLZ</Cd>
</ClrSysId>
<MmbId>25410200</MmbId>
</ClrSysMmbId>
<LEI>7D9EHZL14BBPJWTN6S08</LEI>
<Nm>BHW BAUSPARKASSE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>HAMELN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>LUBAHNSTRASSE 2 HAMELN 31789</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
National bank codes
Bankleitzahl · Germany
1 code valid until 2026-12-06 · ISO 20022 clearing system code DEBLZ
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25410200 | BHWBDE2HXXX | BHW Bausparkasse | Hameln |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
Network
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHWBDE2HELM | EUR LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT | Hameln | LUBAHNSTRASSE 2 HAMELN 31789 HAMELN GERMANY | — | 2021-07-06 |
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- National bank codes—Germany (Quelle: Deutsche Bundesbank).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: bhw.de (official website); Dietmar König: bhw.de (official website) · original; Robert Annabrunner: bhw.de (official website) · original; Alf Meyer zur Heyde: bhw.de (official website) · original.
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