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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3188123, member: 39&quot;]Great piece! The <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Hermann_von_Meißen_und_Reglindis.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Hermann_von_Meißen_und_Reglindis.jpg" rel="nofollow">statue of Hermann</a> is one of the donor figures from the 13th century in Naumburg cathedral. Now Uta, the wife of Hermann&#039;s brother Ekkehard (both can be seen there too), is much more <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Naumburg-Uta.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Naumburg-Uta.JPG" rel="nofollow">elegant</a> and good-looking, so maybe the designer should have added her <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but oh well ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The date on the coin is a little odd - yes, in 1928 they celebrated 900 years Naumburg. But the place is a little older (first record from 1012). Then again, in 1028 Naumburg became the seat of a diocese, so maybe that is what was to be emphasized here.</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece was designed by Wilhelm Nida-Rümelin, an artist who, in the nazi years, could be described as an opportunist. His works were mostly &quot;moderate modernist&quot;, he made sculptures for them too. In May 1945, right after the end of WW2 in Europe, he committed suicide. Nina-Rümelin also designed the 1928 Dürer coin by the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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