| Description : The House of Mecklenburg, a dynasty of dukes and grand dukes,
which emerged from the Abodrites, ruled over Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg‐Schwerin from 1131 to 1918. Schwerin
Castle, a building that has evolved historically over a thousand years, is situated on an island in the town of Schwerin.
In 1845‐1857 a major reconstruction in the neo‐renaissance style took place under the direction of Georg Adolf
Demmler and the participation of Gottfried Semper and Friedrich August Stüler. The latter designed the dome, which is
crowned by a statue of the Archangel Michael. Beneath the front facade is the equestrian statue of Prince Niklot
(∼1100‐1160), the anscestor of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg. The coin shows the castle, also called
Neuschwanstein of the North, which today is the seat of the state parliament. Below the motif is the name "MECKLENBURG‐VORPOMMERN"
(Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania) below this are the initials "HH" of the designer Heinz Hoyer. Above the motif 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). "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is
arranged in a semicircle in the lower part of the outer ring and at the top the year "2007" is flanked on both sides by
six European stars. |
