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100 Pfennig Heimatbund Lohengau
| Issuer | Heimatbund Lohengau, Soltau |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Lüneburger Heide Scheidewind weht auf der Heide Meidewind weht in dem Moor; Ich suche und suche die Stelle, Wo ich mein Herz verlor. Ich suche und suche und suche Und suche wohl hin und wohl her; Ich höre und höre es klopfen, Und finde es nimmermehr. Hermann Löns 1866 1914 100 PFENNIGE Düsse Notgeldschien von'n Heimatbund Lohengau, för den du di in'n Lüne borgschen för 100 Penn wat köpen kannst, ward bit to'n End 1921 inlöst von de Westholsteinische Bank, Abteilung Soltau. Utgaven in Soltau an Löns sin Dodesdaag. |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed letterpress vignette of the Am Sande square in Lüneburg, rendered in olive-green and brown tones with a decorative oak-leaf border framing the entire note. The panoramic townscape shows the Gothic stepped-gable façades lining the square, with the tall spire of St. Johanniskirche rising at left against a clouded sky; two female figures are visible at lower left in period dress. At lower centre, the Lüneburg civic coat of arms — a tower gateway with a lion passant — is set within an ornamental cartouche beneath the inscription "Das Salz der Heide" and "Am Sande." Denomination numerals "100 PF." appear in the upper left and right corners above the oak-leaf border, with the city name "Lüneburg" inscribed at top centre. |
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Lohengau was the medieval name for the district around Soltau, revived by local cultural nationalists in the early twentieth century as part of the broader Heimat movement — that peculiarly German fusion of regional pride, folk antiquarianism, and, by 1921, anti-inflation anxiety. The Heimatbund Lohengau was one of hundreds of civic associations that stepped into the monetary vacuum left by the Reichsbank's inability to keep small change in circulation during the postwar inflation spiral.
The Westholsteinische Bank's Soltau branch handled printing, which was unusual — most Notgeld of this type was farmed out to specialist lithographers. Local production kept costs down but also meant inconsistent registration across the series.