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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 | Central vignette of cattle grazing beneath trees in the Lüneburger Heide; serial number below. Flanking text confirms validity in Naturschutzpark establishments at Wilsede and Niederhaverbeck. |
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| Obverse lettering | Hilfsschein des Vereins Naturschutzpark e.V. Sitz Stuttgart / Gutschein über / EINE MARK / Gültig nur in den Gaststätten d. Vereins Naturschutzpark in Wilsede u. in Niederhaverbeck, Kreis Soltau (Hannover) bis 31. Dezember 1921 / Für die Einlösung bis 31. Dezember 1921 bürgt die Geschäftsstelle des Vereins Naturschutzpark e.V. Sitz Stuttgart Pfizersträße 5 / Nachahmung strafbar / Erhaltet dem deutschen Volk den Heidepark |
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The Verein Naturschutzpark was founded in 1909 to protect the Lüneburger Heide, and by 1921 the organization was issuing its own Notgeld — emergency scrip — to fund conservation work during a period when conventional fundraising was essentially impossible amid postwar inflation and economic collapse. This note is an unusual example of a private conservation body issuing currency, a mechanism more commonly associated with municipalities and commercial enterprises during the German Notgeld period.
The "Heidepark" designation links it specifically to the managed heathland reserve, not the Stuttgart headquarters of the issuing body.