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1 Mark Verein Naturschutzpark/Heidepark
| Issuer | Verein Naturschutzpark e.V., Stuttgart |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Gothic script header reads "Hilfsschein des Vereins Naturschutzpark e.V. Sitz Stuttgart" above a framed denomination legend "EINE MARK". Central vignette shows cattle grazing beneath tall trees in a heathland landscape, with serial number below. Flanking text blocks state validity conditions and redemption guarantee; bottom legend reads "Erhaltet dem deutschen Volk den Heidepark". |
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| Reverse lettering | EINE MARK EINE MARK Karl der Große zog mit seinem Troß auf seinem Zuge von Verden nach Bardowiek 785 an der Nordseite des Wilseder Berges entlang |
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The Verein Naturschutzpark, founded in 1909, was one of Germany's earliest organized nature conservation societies, established specifically to protect the Lüneburg Heath. During the inflationary chaos of 1921, even private associations and regional organizations issued their own emergency currency — Notgeld — to manage local transactions when official small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. This note is part of that broader wave of privately issued scrip, which by 1921 had become as much a promotional vehicle as a practical monetary instrument.
The Heidepark designation ties it to the society's flagship protected area rather than to Stuttgart, where the organization was headquartered.