State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Colditz (city) (S / S) Stadt
Location of issue: Colditz (city)
Date of issue: 1.9.1921 AD.,
Value: 50 Pfennig
Size: 93 x 66 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : -
Signature: (1)
Printer: ? , designer: Joh. Hoppe
Obv.: Gutschein über 50 Pf. - Stadt Colditz / WAPPEN DER STADT / COLDITZ / 50 – 50 / SACHSEN / Gültig bis …. , arms.
Rev.: TZ / 50 – 50 / Als 1637 die Schweden zogen durch's Land: da wurde Colditz gänzlich von ihnen niedergebrannt. Vae victis! / Joh. Hoppe , four armed men, flaming buildings flanking, lettes TZ of Colditz above.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 239.1-6/6 .
Colditz is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II.
The first record of a burgward on the Mulde river, called Cholidistcha, dates to the year 1046, when Emperor Henry III dedicated it to his consort Agnes of Poitou. The name is possibly of Slavic origin.
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1637 - Schwedische Soldaten stecken das Rathaus und 40 weitere Häuser in Brand.