| Description : Primož Trubar (1508‐1586) came into contact with
humanistic ideas and the Reformation in Trieste under Bishop Pietro Bonomo. At the beginning of the 1530s he preached in
Slovene as the vicar of Bishop Christophorus Rauber in Ljubljana. Because of his turn to Protestantism, he was excommunicated
from the Roman Catholic Church in 1547 and went into exile in Germany. As a deacon in Rothenburg ob der Tauber he published
the first book in Slovenian "Catechismus In der Windischenn Sprach" in 1550. 1553‐1561, now a Protestant pastor in
Kempten, he translated the New Testament from the Luther Bible into Slovenian. In 1567 he became parish priest in Derendingen
near Tübingen, where he died in 1586. His grave in the St.‐Gallus‐Church is often visited by Slovenian groups,
who honour in him the reformer and/or the founder of Slovenian literature. The coin shows him, who is also depicted on the
Slovenian 1 euro coin, according to a bust by the Bosnian‐Slovenian sculptor Mirsad Begič. On the
left side the name "PRIMOŽ TRUBAR" and his life data "1508 • 1586" are shown, on the right side "SLOVENIJA 2008"
(Slovenia 2008). The design is by Maja Licul and Miljenko Licul, the plaster model was created by Janez
Boljka. The coin was minted without mintmarks by the Royal Dutch Mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht. |
