D-Mark fever: Leipzig celebrates with a collection campaign and free admission!

D-Mark fever: Leipzig celebrates with a collection campaign and free admission!

Leipzig, Deutschland - On July 1, 2025, the city history museum Leipzig will align an event that immerses deep into the recent history of German unity. Because on this day the introduction of the D-Mark in the GDR marks the 35th time. The special occasion is not only celebrated with a thematic tour through the special exhibition "Between the departure and the handling. The 90s in Leipzig", but also with a collection campaign that calls on to submit D-Mark notes and coins. reports that it is above all the 100-D-mark certificate with the composer Clara Schumann, who has a special historical importance, since it was presented to the Mayor of Leipzig on October 2, 1990.

The introduction of the D-Mark to the GDR was a crucial step after the fall of the Berlin Wall. On July 1, 1990, the economic and monetary union came into force, which challenged many East Germans. The then Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer, who was instrumental in the negotiations, was difficult to understand the quick pace of change. In an interview, he said that East Germans had put more pressure on politics than originally intended. The exchange rate of 1.83: 1 was determined to control the money supply and prevent a emigration from workers - a decision with far -reaching consequences. The world illuminates Tietmeyer's concerns and the lack of friction of the currency change, which was considered success in many aspects.

Before the introduction of the D-Mark, many citizens in the GDR called for a "hard" currency. Slogans like "Comes the D-Mark, we stay-if it doesn't come, let's go to her!" were in the air next to the concern about possible economic disadvantages. Although politicians and economic experts warned of a quick switch, the decision was ultimately made for one-to-one exchanges. The pressure was just too big. ndr explains that the height flights of prices after the currency change unexpectedly met.

an inheritance of changes

The looking view of the D-Mark introduction also raises questions about how economic differences have developed in United Germany. Tietmeyer expressed that it could take at least a decade for the prosperity between east and west to be compared. Even today, a certain nostalgia for the D-Mark is swinging among many Germans, while at the same time the euro is considered necessary. The memory is therefore not only kept alive in the museum, but is also part of an ongoing dialogue about the legacy of reunification and the challenges associated with economic changes.

With the collection campaign and the special exhibition on July 1, 2025, a connection between past and the present is established in the city history museum in Leipzig. Visitors can not only learn about the challenges of the 90s, but also experience their own history with the D-Mark.