Luckenwalde

Luckenwalde is a city in the east of Germany inhabited by 20,358 people nowadays. It belongs to the region Brandenburg, in the west of the region.

A bit about Luckenwalde

Luckenwalde is situated on the Nuther river, the eastern rim of the Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park and about 50 km south of Berlin.  
The former Slavic settlement of Lugkin was conquered by Conrad Wettin of Meissen in 1147 during the Wendish Crusade. Luckenwalde Castle was first mentioned in 1216. In the reign of King Frederick II of Prussia (17th century), Luckenwalde's cloth and wool factories spring up. By the turn of the 20th century, Luckenwalde became renowned as a key manufacturer of hats (on of the factories built is considered a milestone of Expressionist architecture).
During WWII, there were work camps here and Nazis forced people to work for them. Lack of food and hard work killed thousands




Notgeld
The town of Luckenwalde coined banknotes of 25 Pfennig, 50 Pfennig, 90 Pfennig and 1 Mark.

50 Pfennig (fünfzig Pfennig)

This banknotes worth 50 Pfennig was first circulated December the 21st of 1921. On the main side it can be seen a hat in a yellow circle, joined to two 50's by bolts with bows. Hats were the main economic activity. Down appear the shadow of the skyview of the city, full of chimneys. The rest is decorated with decorative elements, like the flowers in the left and right borders.

On the other side of the banknote, it can be seen the local coat of arms inside a frame. There are two 50's and Pfennig's. All this is surrounded by a border. As for the digital watermark, it has no watermark. The size of this banknote is 10.5 cm x 6.4 cm.