Kloster Zinna is a district in the east of Germany (belonging to Jüterbog, inhabited
by 12,314 people nowadays. It
belongs to the region Brandenburg, in the west of the region.
A bit about Kloster Zinna
The village Kloster Zinna belongs to Jüterbog distrit, 3 km north and 60 km from Berlin. It is in the same place as the Abbey with the same name.
The first notice of the existence of Zinna is an Slavic settlement called Cenna. In the year 1170, the archbishop of Magdemburg founded Zinna Abbey for both baptize and cultivate. In the beginning of the XIX century, the future seemed insured. But the growing importance of Luckenwalde made 2/3 of the neightbours lose their jobs, decrasing a lot the population. In 1929, Kloster Zinna lost the name of town becoming later what is now, a distrit.
Zinna Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey whose monastic life came to an end with the Protestan Reformation (1553). There are still some rest of the old abbey, like the church.
Notgeld
The town of Kloster Zinna coined banknotes of 25 Pfennig and 50 Pfennig.
This
banknotes worth 25 Pfennig was first circulated September the 7th of
1920.
On
the main side left it can be seen the coat of arms of Kloster Zinna
together with the number 25. In the right it can be see the dates 1171
(when the abbey was founded) and 1921. Then it says that it can be used
in the cities of Luckenwalde and Jüterbog.
On
the other side of the banknote,
it can be seen the Zinna Abbey. Next to it appear a 25. The text says "Vor
vielen Jahren wart ich erbaut. Mach Glück, manch Unglück hab ich
geschaut. Das Glück ist heut'selten im Lande. Unglück trägt Deutschland
der knechschaft Bande", that means long ago I was built. I've seen
both good and bad luck. The luck is buried. Unluckiness is the cause of
Germany's sevant. As for the
digital
watermark, it has no watermark. The size of this
banknote is 10.5 cm x 6.4 cm.
A bit about Kloster Zinna
The first notice of the existence of Zinna is an Slavic settlement called Cenna. In the year 1170, the archbishop of Magdemburg founded Zinna Abbey for both baptize and cultivate. In the beginning of the XIX century, the future seemed insured. But the growing importance of Luckenwalde made 2/3 of the neightbours lose their jobs, decrasing a lot the population. In 1929, Kloster Zinna lost the name of town becoming later what is now, a distrit.
Zinna Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey whose monastic life came to an end with the Protestan Reformation (1553). There are still some rest of the old abbey, like the church.
Notgeld
The town of Kloster Zinna coined banknotes of 25 Pfennig and 50 Pfennig.
25 Pfennig (fünfundzwanzig Pfennig)
This
banknotes worth 25 Pfennig was first circulated September the 7th of
1920.
On
the main side left it can be seen the coat of arms of Kloster Zinna
together with the number 25. In the right it can be see the dates 1171
(when the abbey was founded) and 1921. Then it says that it can be used
in the cities of Luckenwalde and Jüterbog.
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