State Mint Stuttgart

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State Mint Baden-Württemberg Location Stuttgart

formerly State Mint Stuttgart
Mintmark F
15th to 17th century: S

Large coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg
State level State of Baden-Württemberg
position State enterprise / mint
Supervisory authority Ministry of Finance Baden-Württemberg
founding 1374
Headquarters Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt Reichenhaller Str. 58
Servants 63
Web presence http://www.staatischemuenzenbw.de/

The State Mint of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart location , formerly the State Mint of Stuttgart , based in Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt is the largest German mint and is one of the State Mints of Baden-Württemberg . The mint's mint mark is an "F".

38% of all coins in circulation in Germany are minted in Stuttgart, including commemorative coins of the Federal Republic of Germany , which are also minted proportionally, as well as a 10-euro commemorative coin per year, which is issued exclusively by the State Mint of Stuttgart. Furthermore, commemorative coins with no face value are made here. A total of up to 2 million coins are produced per day. 63 people are employed for this purpose.

history

On January 17, 1374, Count Eberhard II of Württemberg was granted the right to mint coins by Emperor Charles IV . Stuttgart became the main mint in Württemberg.

In the 15th to 17th centuries, the coins minted here were given either the embossed letter "S" or the full name of the minting location "Stuttgart". The heraldic animal, the "Rössle", was also partially depicted. The embossed letter "F" was only introduced after the establishment of the Empire in 1871.

For centuries, the coins were struck in a small mint in downtown Stuttgart near the market square and the old castle (see drawing of the Old Mint in Stuttgart by Dorothea Heckmann-Dauner). Münzstraße still reminds of this today . In 1844 the mint moved to Neckarstrasse 19 , where King Wilhelm I had a representative palace built. The building was badly damaged in World War II and, after a makeshift repair, served as a mint until 1967. Since then, the mint has been located on Reichenhaller Straße in Bad Cannstatt , which has a usable area of ​​6000 square meters.

In 1998 the State Mints in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart merged to form the State Mints of Baden-Württemberg .

building

From 1344 to 1967, the Stuttgart Mint had its headquarters in changing buildings, all of which have been destroyed. She has resided at Reichenhaller Strasse 58 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt since 1967.

  • 1374–1450, Enge Straße 6
    (marked with a white X).

  • 1736–1844, mountain ridge building at Dorothheenplatz 4.

  • 1844–1967, Neckarstrasse 19,
    front: Old State Gallery.

  • 1450–1724, Turmstrasse 2.

  • 1724–1736, Turmstrasse 1.

Prominent visits

  • In 1803 and 1804, Elector Friedrich II. Each with a visit coin worth 1 ducat
  • November 1st, 1825 King Wilhelm I minted a visit coin worth 10 guilders
  • November 21, 1844 King Wilhelm I in the new coin with minting of visiting coins worth 4 ducats and 1 guilder, medalist: Gottlob August Dietelbach
  • November 7th, 1845 Queen Pauline and the Princesses with a minted visit coin worth 1 guilder

Web links

Commons : Münze Stuttgart  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: Our Stuttgart Advent Calendar: In the Stuttgart Mint . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed December 20, 2016]).
  2. ↑ http://www.staatischemuenzenbw.de/de/geschichte.html

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 55 ″  E