1982 AD., Germany, Federal Republic, Soest (city), medal on Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

Germany, Federal Republic, Soest (city), issuer ?, 1982 (?) AD.,
Medal (ø 35 mm / 20,18 g), gilt 1.000 silver, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge
Obv.: SOEST / 82 - 1000 , view of the medieval city Soest, name in a frame above, city arms key below, punchmarks 82 and 1000 flanking.
Rev.: DER JÄGER VON SOEST / JOHANN JAKOB CHRISTOPH VON GRIMMELSHAUSEN , modern marketing figure of the "Jäger von Soest", Grimmelshausen´s bust to r. facing half left.
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Das Jägerken von Soest ist eine moderne Kunstfigur nach der literarischen Vorlage des Jägers von Soest in Grimmelshausens Roman Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus. Simplicius, die Hauptfigur dieses Romans, verbringt einige Zeit in Soest, so wie auch der Autor Soest von eigenem Aufenthalt kannte.

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621 – 17 August 1676) was a German author. Grimmelshausen was born at Gelnhausen. At the age of ten he was kidnapped by Hessian soldiery, and in their midst tasted the adventures of military life in the Thirty Years' War. At the close of the war, Grimmelshausen entered the service of Franz Egon von Fürstenberg, bishop of Strassburg (Strasbourg). In 1665, he was made Schultheiss (magistrate) at Renchen in Baden. On obtaining this appointment, he devoted himself to literary pursuits. He died in Renchen, where a monument was erected to him in 1679.

Soest is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Soest district. Because of the fertile soil (dominantly brown silty clay loam, the area around Soest was occupied long before 836 when the village is first mentioned in the Dagobertsche Schenkung, although the origin of this document is historically uncertain. But there is no doubt that Soest has been inhabited for a long time; excavations in the last two decades have uncovered signs of habitation stretching back more than 4000 years. In the 11th and 12th centuries, Soest grew considerably, making it one of the biggest towns in Westphalia with some 10,000 citizens. It was also an important member of the Hanseatic League until 1609.
A self-confident Soest from 1444 to 1449 liberated itself from the Bishop of Cologne, who controlled Westphalia (the so-called Soest Feud). Being no longer capital of Westphalia, the city aligned itself with the Duke of Cleves. This was a Pyrrhic victory, however; the city had shown itself strong enough to defy the powerful Archbishop of Cologne, but lost much of its trade: the "liberated" town was two-thirds surrounded by territories with other allegiances. When the last Duke of Cleves died in 1609, that dukedom was inherited by Brandenburg and, after a short siege, Soest was incorporated into it.
During and after the Thirty Years' War, Soest suffered a tremendous loss of both population and influence; at the lowest point in 1756 it had only 3,600 citizens.
With the creation of the Soest district in 1817, its influence slowly rose. However, the industrialization of the Ruhr area did not reach Soest, which remained a small town.

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