Old Austria - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2013 - 62 Euro Cent

Continuation of the interesting brand series "Altes Österreich": The new value focuses on the historic old town of Ljubljana (Slovenian: Ljubljana) and shows in its motif the elegant Prešerenplatz in a view around 1916. The history of Ljubljana is very changeable and long - it goes back until the time of the Romans, who founded a settlement called Emona on the site of today's Ljubljana. The city itself was founded in the course of the Eastern colonization of settlers from the Duchy of Bavaria. Since the High Middle Ages Ljubljana was the capital of the German Empire Duchy of Carniola. 1276 came the city together with the Duchy of the Habsburgs, in 1461 she became bishop. From 1809 to 1813 it was the capital of the Illyrian Provinces of France. Since the high Middle Ages, the population consisted predominantly of German speakers; After 1848 Ljubljana was always a cultural center of the Slovenes. Before the First World War Ljubljana was an Austro-Hungarian garrison town, in 1914 here were several important k. u. k. Infantry regiments stationed. After the war, in 1918, the city became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; In 1929 Ljubljana became the capital of the Drau riverbank in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The affiliation was interrupted during the Second World War only by a short membership to Italy as "Lubiana" with a former Yugoslav general as mayor. The majority of Laibacher Germans was resettled in the winter of 1941/1942 due to an agreement between Hitler and Mussolini in the Greater German Reich, mostly to Upper Carniola or in the Lower Styria. After the capitulation of Italy in September 1943, the city went into German control, on May 9, 1945 finally took place the formal dissolution of the Provincia di Lubiana. In 1945, the remaining Laibach Germans were expelled, as were all other German-speaking Slovenes, numerous people were killed. In the same year, Ljubljana became the capital of Slovenia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1991, the entire independence of the state of Slovenia was celebrated throughout the city. The brand image shows, as mentioned above, the Prešerenplatz (Slovenian: Prešernov trg), which is still the main square of the city. In addition to the Kresija Palace (left) and the Philip House (right), which together form the entrance to the Old Town, there is also the monument of the Slovenian national poet France Prešeren (1800-1849). In the foreground you can see a historic electric tram, but above all majestically towers the landmark of the city, the castle of Ljubljana