Karl Marx city Vintage Chemnitz East Germany XL anniversary coin medal 1990

East Germany medal ~ city anniversary Chemnitz / Karl Marx City 1165-1990 ~ City hall in Chemnitz Gold plated ~ rare vintage XL size.
ca. 86grams ~ 60mm
(see pic next to 2 euro coin for size)

This medal was designed and made just before the fall of the Berlin wall and German reunification - so one of the last East Germany items.

On 10 May 1953, the city was renamed by decision of the East German government to Karl-Marx-Stadt after Karl Marx, DDR Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl said:

The people who live here do not look back, but look forward to a new and better future. They look at socialism. They look with love and devotion to the founder of the socialist doctrine, the greatest son of the German people, to Karl Marx. I hereby fulfill the government's decision. I carry out the solemn act of renaming the city and declare: From now on, this city bears the proud and mandatory name Karl-Marx-Stadt.

After the city centre was destroyed in World War II, the East German authorities attempted to rebuild it to symbolise the conceptions of urban development of a socialist city. The layout of the city centre at that time was rejected in favour of a new road network. However, the original plans were not completed. In addition, the rapid development of housing took priority over the preservation of old buildings. So in the 1960s and 1970s, both in the centre as well as the periphery, large areas were built in Plattenbau apartment-block style, for example Yorckstraße. The old buildings of the period, which still existed in the Kassberg, Chemnitz-Sonnenberg and Chemnitz-Schloßchemnitz especially, were neglected and fell increasingly into dereliction.

After reunification
On 23 April 1990, a referendum on the future name of the city was held: 76% of the voters voted for the old name "Chemnitz". On 1 June 1990, the city was officially renamed.

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