| Description : The late Gothic Holstentor, built between 1464 and 1478 and
completely restored around 1871, is depicted with its facade facing Holstenplatz (Holsten square), looking towards the city. As one of the
two remaining gates of the medieval town fortifications, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Old
Town of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck since 1987 and represents the federal state of "SCHLESWIG‐HOLSTEIN" inscribed
below the depiction on the commemorative coin. Midway on the left is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in
Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen
Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in
Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) and midway on the right the initials "HH" of the
designer Heinz Hoyer. The name "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is arranged in a semicircle
at the bottom of the ring, while at the top the year "2006" is flanked on both sides by six European stars. |
