State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Gernrode (town)
Location of issue: Gernrode (town) (Anh / SA) Stadt
Date of issue: 9.5.1921 AD.,
Value: 50 Pfennig
Size: 55 x 85 mm
Material: paper , brown print
Watermark: Ovalmuster
Serial : -
Serial no. : 58198 (black)
Signature: (1)
Printer: Louis Koch, Halberstadt
Obv.: GUTSCHEIN ÃœBER / 50 PFENNIG / GERRODE / ... , arms, text, signature and serial.
Rev.: 50 PFENNIG / ANNO DM DCMCXV XIII PALENDAS ...OBUT … - ...ET MARCHO SAXON.. - GERO H ECCLESIE FUNDATOR CUIUS VIA REQUIESON IN PACE … (Anno Domini 965 die 14. Cal. Julii obiit illustrissimus Dux et Marchio Gero, huius ecclesiae fundator, cuius anima requiescat in pace. Amen.) / LUFTKURORT / GERRODE HARZ , ancient tomb slap of Margrave Gero I in St. Cyriakus with sword, flag and lion.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 423.3a-3/8 .
Gernrode is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part of Quedlinburg. It was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") of Gernrode/Harz. The town is also known as 'Gernrode/Harz', because of its location in the Harz mountains, and to distinguish it from Gernrode in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia.
First mentioned in 961, Gernrode received the privilege to bear its own coat of arms and seal, commonly regarded as town privileges. The town is best known for the Ottonian church of Saint Cyriakus, the collegiate church of a former Imperial chapter of nuns.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gernrode ; https://www.harzlife.de/harzrand/gernrode.html
Gero I (c. 900 – 20 May 965), called the Great (Latin magnus), ruled an initially modest march centred on Merseburg in the south of the present German state of Saxony-Anhalt, which he expanded into a vast territory named after him: the marca Geronis. Saint Cyriakus (German: Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus) is a medieval church in Gernrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is one of the few surviving examples of Ottonian architecture, built in 959/960-965 by Margrave Gero, although it was restored in the 19th century. From its foundation until 1614 Saint Cyriakus was the collegiate church of the abbey of Gernrode, also founded by Margrave Gero. The tomb of Margrave Gero sits in the crossing before the steps to the choir. It is covered by a sandstone slab, carved into Gero's likeness, showing him in armor with sword and a flag. A lion is at his feet.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gero ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cyriakus,_Gernrode
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