State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Brakel (Wfl / NW) Stadt
Location of issue: Brakel
Date of issue: 1.6.1921 AD.,
Value: 1 Mark
Size: 88 x 55 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : -
Signatures: (2)
Printer: ? , designer A. B. ?
Obv.: Brakel / Kreis/Höxter - Notgeld / Zur erste soket dat rike Godes to eren .… / 1 - M / …. , ancient religious text and arms, brown print.
Rev.: Antonius-Strasse /A – B / 1 Mark , Antonius street view, designer´s initials flanking below.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 150.3a-3/5 .
Brakel is a town in the district of Höxter in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Brakel had its first documentary mention in 836 as "villa brechal" in writings by the Benedictine monks. After the lords of Brakel died out in the late 13th century, Hinnenburg Castle on a hill above Brakel was inherited by the House of Asseburg, owning it to this day. The medieval castle was reconstructed around 1600 in the Weser Renaissance style. Brakel developed itself into quite an important trading town that belonged to the Hanseatic League. In the 14th century, this Hanseatic town was at the height of its boom, bearing the same rank as Paderborn and Warburg, bearing witness to which was the town's having its own court and market rights. The general situation worsened in the 15th century. In the outer regions, the Brede Monastery was founded.
The Thirty Years' War also left damages in Brakel. In 1803, Prussia took over the town and appointed Brakel a district seat. After a brief period of French rule in Napoleonic times, the district seat had to be yielded permanently to Höxter in 1832.
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