Lübeck coin treasure
The Lübeck coin treasure is the largest coin treasure found in Germany to date and comprises 395 gold and 23,608 silver coins. The treasure was found in 1984 in Lübeck during excavation work during the new building of the music college .
The coin treasure was buried in 1533 and 1537 by a merchant under the stairs of the house on the corner of An der Obertrave / Depenau an der Trave . It is still unclear why he was unable to dig up his cash register. Over half of the coins were minted in northern Germany, the others come from a. from Granada (Spain), Hermannstadt (Romania), Turku (Finland) and Naples (Italy) and reveal the extensive trade relations of the Hanseatic merchants. The operator of the excavator who discovered the coin treasure was rewarded with 250,000 DM. The coin treasure was accessible to the interested public in the Burgkloster Cultural Forum until 2011 .
literature
- Antjekathrin Graßmann : Lübeckische Geschichte. 2nd revised edition. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1989, ISBN 3-7950-3203-2 , pp. 326-328.
- Rolf Hammel-Kiesow with the collaboration of Dieter Dummler and Michael North : Silver, Gold and Hanseatic Trade. Lübeck's monetary history and the large coin treasure from 1533/37. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2003, ISBN 3-7950-1254-6 .