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Notgeld Meissen 1923
This page contains Notgeld banknotes that were issued in 1923 by the municipalities of Meissen.
Meissen is a town of approximately 35,000 near Dresden on both banks of the Elbe in the Free State of Saxony in the southern part of eastern Germany. Points of interest are mainly the internationally renowned Meissen porcelain label, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral, the Meissen Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), and the St. Afra high school for gifted children.
History of Meissen
The city of Meissen grew out of the early Slavic settlement of Misni and was founded as a German town by King Henry the Fowler in 929. In 968 it became the seat of the Margraviate of Meissen, which passed in 1089 to the house of Wettin, electors of Saxony after 1423.
Meissen was chartered in 1205, when it was a bastion of the German colonization of the Slavic lands east of the Elbe. Meissen is famous for the manufacture of porcelain (production dates from the early 18th century), based on extensive local deposits of china clay (kaolin) and potter's clay (potter's earth). Meissen porcelain was the first high quality porcelain to be produced outside of China. Other ceramics are also manufactured, and wine is produced. The city is dominated by a group of 13th- and 14th-century Gothic cathedral buildings and by Albrechts Castle.
In 963, the Diocese of Meissen-Dresden was founded, and Meissen became the episcopal see of a bishop. The bishopric was suppressed in 1581 after the diocese accepted the Reformation (1559), but re-created in 1921 with its seat at Bautzen.
Around 1000, Meissen became a market town, and in 1150 it was officially documented as a city (Stadt).
The construction of the Meissen Cathedral was started in 1260 on the same hill as the castle. This created a lack of space due to which the cathedral is one of the smallest cathedrals in Europe. The cathedral is also known as being one of the most pure examples of Gothic architecture. The first European porcelain was manufactured in Meissen in 1710, when the Royal Porcelain Factory was opened in the Albrechtsburg Castle. Later, in 1861, it was moved to the Triebisch valley of Meissen, where the Porcelain Factory of Meissen can still be found today.
Until German reunification in 1990, the city belonged to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
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Town Meissen
200,000 Mark
This note was issued by town Meissen.
It is dated 9 August 1923.
500,000 Mark
This note was issued by town Meissen.
It is dated 9 August 1923.
1 Million Mark
This note was issued by town Meissen.
It is dated 9 August 1923.
50 Million Mark
This note was issued by town Meissen.
It is dated 25 September 1923.
County of Meissen
500,000 Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 17 August 1923.
1 Million Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 17 August 1923.
2 Million Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 17 August 1923.
50 Million Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 28 September 1923.
500 Million Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 28 September 1923.
1 Milliarde (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 22 October 1923.
10 Milliarden (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 26 October 1923.
20 Milliarden (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 26 October 1923.
20 Milliarden (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 29 October 1923.
100 Milliarden (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 29 October 1923.
200 Milliarden (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 29 October 1923.
500 Milliarden (Billion) Mark
This note was issued by Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen (County council of Meissen).
It is dated 29 October 1923.
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