State Mint Karlsruhe
State Mint of Baden-Württemberg Location Karlsruhe |
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State level | State of Baden-Württemberg |
position | State enterprise / mint |
founding | 1827 |
Headquarters | Karlsruhe , Stephanienstr. 28 a |
The State Mint of Baden-Wuerttemberg Karlsruhe location is the smallest mint in Germany and is located in the city center of Karlsruhe . As was customary in the past, a prince's residence always included a mint. This found its place in an outbuilding of the castle in 1732. Just two years after the mint was founded, it was relocated to the protective walls of Durlach . Due to a clever alliance and marriage policy, Baden increased its influence and became a Grand Duchy . As a result of these events, it was decided to build a new mint as early as 1816.
The building is based on plans by the military architect Friedrich Arnold from 1816, which the well-known Karlsruhe architect Friedrich Weinbrenner took up and, after his death on February 9, 1827, was completed by his student Friedrich Theodor Fischer . The first coin worth ten Rhenish guilders was minted in the spring of 1827 in the coin, which still produces between 210 and 250 million coins a year .
In 1998 the State Mints in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart merged to form the State Mints of Baden-Württemberg .
The mint mark of the Karlsruhe mint is "G".
Coin minting scandal in 1975
In 1975 it was revealed that the mint's deputy director and a worker secretly minted a large number of valuable coins for years. These included old five-mark pieces (up to 1960), two-penny pieces (up to 1967) and 50-pfennig pieces from 1950. This is now known as the Karlsruhe coin scandal .
Prominent visits
- February 29, 1832 Grand Duke Carl Leopold Friedrich and his wife with a coin for a visit
- January 1857 Grand Duke Friedrich I and his wife with a visit coin minted
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Note in: Das Jahr 1975 im Bild, Carlsen Hamburg, p. 21
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 43.9 " N , 8 ° 23 ′ 42.8" E