State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Eisenach (city) (SWE / Th) Stadt
Location of issue: Eisenach (city)
Date of issue: 1921 AD., 400 Year of Wartburg commemorative issue
Value: 50 Pfennig
Size: 96 x 66 mm
Material: handmade paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : -
Signatures: (3)
Printer: Adolf Schwarz, Lindenberg, Allgäu , designer: Heinz Schiestl (1867-1940)
Obv.: Wartburgstadt - Eisenach / 15 - 21 / Zum Gedächt= - nis an die Ankunft / Dr. Martin Luthers auf Wartburg 4. Mai 1521 / Gültig bis 31. Mai 1921. / Eisenach 1921 / Oberbürgermeister - Stadtrat u. Kämmerer - Stadtrat u. Geh.Rat / Fünfzig Pfennig …. , city crest at center, Wartburg (left) and market square (to right) flanking.
Rev.: 50 - Lutherfeier 1921 in Eisenach - 50 / Pf. - Vorhof und Torfahrt auf der Wartburg - Pf. , front yard and gate entrance of the Wartburg castle.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 320.2a-6/6 .
The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of 410 meters (1,350 ft) to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. In 1999, UNESCO added Wartburg Castle to the World Heritage List. It was the home of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German, the site of the Wartburg festival of 1817 and the supposed setting for the possibly legendary Sängerkrieg. It was an important inspiration for Ludwig II when he decided to build Neuschwanstein Castle. Wartburg is the most-visited tourist attraction in Thuringia after Weimar. Although the castle today still contains substantial original structures from the 12th through 15th centuries, much of the interior dates back only to the 19th century.
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