There were also fears at the beginning that the Presidents of the Land Central Banks were merely servants of their Land governments, and that they would be unable to resist requests by the Länder for loans, in particular. Fortunately, things transpired differently.
Even in the more decentralised composition of the Bank deutscher Länder, the dual character proved not to be a predetermined breaking point but rather its strength. Why? Particularly because it was possible for a collegial principle to develop and consolidate up to the present day.