Description : The motif shows the south‐east view of the church St. Michael
in Hildesheim. The double‐choir basilica, built in 1010‐1033 in the Ottonian, pre‐Romanesque architectural
style has double transepts above which are square towers, the transepts are flanked by two round, smaller stair towers.
The entire building follows a geometric concept developed from squares of equal size, with the overlapping square as the
basis for the design. St. Michael's Church was founded by the Benedictines and is now also a Lutheran church and has
been a World Heritage Site since 1985. The year of issue "2014" is shown at the top of the motif and on the left of it 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). At the bottom of the motif is the name
of the federal state "NIEDERSACHSEN" (Lower Saxony) and below it the abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). To the top
right of the motif is the logo "Œ" the initials of the designer Erich Ott.
‐ ‐ Lower Saxony's coin
motif was originally intended to be the New Town Hall in Hanover. |
