Wüstenrot-Gruppe (the Wüstenrot Group) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n company for

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and real-estate. Its main two subsidiaries are the Wüstenrot

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and the Wüstenrot

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. Since 1993, they have made a major expansion into the markets of

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and

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. Wüstenrot has subsidiaries in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

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. They are known for their banner ads for time deposits ("Top Termingeld Flex") featuring a picture of a man holding a cocktail shaker. Today, the Wüstenrot building society and its former subsidiary operate under the umbrella of Wüstenrot Verwaltungs- und dienstleistungen GmbH. In Austria, Wüstenrot Bausparkasse and Wüstenrot Versicherungs-AG have more than 150 branches, most of which are used jointly. Beyond the Austrian borders, both companies are represented in Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia. The offices in the Czech Republic were taken over by the German Wüstenrot Group in 2015 in return for the Slovakian offices.

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* Financial services companies of Austria {{finance-company-stub