DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST BERLIN issued on 6 May 1982 a First Day Cover celebrating the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Salzburg Emigrants in Prussia 1732 (1732 Ankunft der Salzburger Emigranten in Preussen). The image on the stamp and maximum card depicted grateful Protestants, who were expelled from their Catholic city of Salzburg in Austria, arriving at the border of Prussia.
In 1731, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Leopold Anton von Firmian, issued an Edict of Expulsion against the Protestant population, demanding they recant their faith or leave.
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The expulsion was a significant event in the continuation of confessional c byonflicts after the Peace of Westphalia, demonstrating ongoing tensions between Catholic and Protestant states within the Holy Roman Empire.
The emigrants were given sanctuary by Prussia’s Protestant King Frederick William I of Prussia. Most of the 20,000 expelled Protestants moved to East Prussia, a sparsely populated region in Prussia's territory, while others sought refuge in the British colonies of Georgia.
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