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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7697131, member: 89314&quot;]ST. LUDGER</p><p><br /></p><p>Germany&nbsp; Abbeys of WERDEN &amp; HELMSTEDT&nbsp; Benedikt von Geismar&nbsp; Taler 1730</p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Ludger&nbsp; (born at Zuilen near Utrecht c. 742; died 26 March 809 at Billerbeck) was a missionary among the Frisians and, supported by Charlemagne, the&nbsp; Saxons He was the&nbsp; founder of Helmstedt Abbey (795) and Werden Abbey (804) and the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia. He has been called the &quot;Apostle of Saxony&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; St. Ludger is often represented standing between two geese (as on this coin). Supposedly around 800 there was a large plague of gray geese in the Münsterland. Ludger is said to have got them to leave. Also, during a drought. he is said to have caused the geese to scratch their feet until they hit water and a well could be built at that spot.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321228[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1321229[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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