Depicts Maulbronn Monastery and the fountain house or lavatorium, besides the western facade of the convent church with its atrium. Date above. State name, engraver's initials and national identifying mark (D for Deutschland / Germany) on the bottom. Mintmark (A for Berlin, D for Munich, F for Stuttgart, G for Karlsruhe, J for Hamburg) on the right.

Maulbronn Monastery (German: Kloster Maulbronn) is a former Cistercian abbey located at Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg. The monastery complex is one of the best-preserved in Europe. The monastery's narthex, called "the Paradise", is the oldest example of Gothic architecture in Germany.

As early as 1138, the Cistercians had established a religious community in Eckenweihar (now Eckenweiler), a plot of land donated by a free knight named Walter von Lomersheim. The site was soon abandoned, however, as it was found by the monks to have water and pasture space in poor quality and quantity. Local legend tells that the Cistercians decided to use a mule to locate water, and built the monastery at its present location when it found water. The etymology of the name "Mulenbrunnen," the root of Maulbronn ("Maul" is German for "Mule"), reveals that the monastery was likely founded at the site of a spring and a watermill.

Engraver: Eugen Ruhl

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

UNITY AND JUSTICE AND FREEDOM in German, Germany's national motto and the beginning of Germany's national anthem, followed by the Federal Eagle.