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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1068161, member: 39&quot;]You may have noticed that on the coins the name of the grand duchy is simply &quot;Hessen&quot;. That is because in the German Empire (monarchy 1871-1918) there was only one country by that name. The other Hessen, so to say (&quot;Hessen-Kassel&quot;), was one of the many countries that Prussia &quot;swallowed&quot; or annexed ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The anniversary pieces I find interesting for two reasons. First, note the Latin motto. &quot;Verbum Domini manet in aeternum&quot;, which roughly translates to &quot;the word of the Lord lasts forever&quot;, is closely connected to the Lutheran reformation particularly in Hessen. Philipp (the German &quot;der Großmütige&quot; I would rather translate to &quot;the Magnanimous&quot;) was one of the first German rulers who supported the Reformation; he also founded the University of Marburg almost 400 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, look at the font on that side - quite different from the characters on the eagle side. A little artsy maybe? Well, Ernst Ludwig supported and sponsored modern art, especially Jugendstil/Art Nouveau. In Darmstadt there is an entire quarter called the <u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt_Artists%27_Colony" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt_Artists%27_Colony" rel="nofollow"> Mathildenhöhe Colony</a></u> which in those years was an artists colony. The characteristic tower is named Wedding Tower because the architect dedicated it to Ernst Ludwig&#039;s 1905 wedding. Today everybody can get married there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, Ernst Ludwig was of the rulers in Germany who did not &quot;voluntarily&quot; resign in the course of the 1918 revolution. He was thus deposed by the Workers and Soldiers Council ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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