5th August 2023: Town Musicians of Bremen, Germany

Germany: Frankfurt am Main

On 18th November I got three postcards: two from Germany and one from France.

I had this card of Frankfurt lying around for some years and now had the perfect chance to use it, as you find here also the Saint Paul's Church, the centre of the Revolution of 1848.

I sent the card with this souvenir sheet about Robert Blum (issued 02-11-2021), one of the most famous German proponents of the Revolution of 1848. Although I do not like the design of this sheet very much, I think the theme is great.

Four Historic Postcards

In late June I ordered some historic postcards online, which arrived on 1st July.

The first card shows the Bismarck Monument in Hamburg. The Bismarck Monument was built between 1901 and 1906 and depicts Bismarck in the style of Roland, a knight with bare sword. Clearly visible from Hamburg's port, this is the largest German monument to the the first Chancellor of the German Empire and one of the city's landmark. For years I had been looking for a card of this monument, but the best one I could find only showed the head during the construction (see it here). Currently however the monument is renovated and there are plans to open a museum in the vault below, so hopefully there will soon be some more modern cards, but for the moment this one is great.

Another Bismarck is also shown on the second card. This one shows the Bismarck Memorial in Berlin, which was created between 1897 and 1901. This card is so old that shows the monument still in its original location in front of the Reichstag Building, but in 1938 it was moved together with monuments of Moltke and Roon and the Victory Column to its current location in the Tiergarten.

The third is also from Berlin and shows the Archenhold Observatory. Located in Treptow, this observatory is home to the Great Refractor, the longest pointable telescope in the World and the last remnant of the Great Industrial Exposition of 1896. 

Last but not least I also bought this card of the Saint Peter's Church in Petersberg. The Saint Peter's Church is one of the oldest aboveground churches in Germany and was for some years the resting place of Saint Leoba. Together with the Saint Michael's Church in Fulda this church is currently nominated for the European Heritage Label as important site of the so-called Carolingian Renaissance.

Germany: Russian Chapel in Darmstadt

On 8th December I got two postcards: one from Germany and one from China.

The card from Germany shows the Russian Chapel in Darmstadt. The Russian Chapel in Darmstadt was built in a Russian revival style with gold Onion domes between 1897 and 1899. It was used as a private chapel by Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, whose wife Alexandra was born in Darmstadt. This is my first Christmas card of the year. The picture shown here has to be some years old. The last time we had real snow here seems to have been ages ago. While last year it snowed once during December, so far we did not see any snow at all.

German Christmas stamps are always issued with a letter value, however this one from 2014 now has the right value for a postcard within Germany.

 Thank You very much Marcel!

Germany: Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt

On 26th September I got a postcard from Germany. 

The card shows the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. The Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt is one of the oldest and biggest museums in Germany. Beside art it shows exhibits about cultural and natural history. Important exhibits include fossils from the Messel Pit, one of the plaques from the Magdeburg Ivories and Pieter Brueghel the Elder's The Magpie on the Gallows. 

The Covid-19 postmark from the mail sorting centre 60 was applied on the card. Again this is a longer version than usual, but I still do not know why it is longer. As postage the latest German lighthouse stamp was used.

 Thank You very much Martin!

Germany: Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt

On 17th March I got four postcards: three from Germany and one from the USA.

One of the cards from Germany shows the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt. The Museum of Modern Art was founded in 1981 and opened to the public in 1991. It houses more than 4500 artworks ranging from the 1960s to the present day and giving an overview of the German and international art of this period. Between 1992 and 2002 the museum rearranged its exhibition every six months. This new exhibition model called the Change of Scene helped the new museum to gain international renown.

The card was signed during the Postcrossing Breakfast Club Meet-up in Frankfurt, one of the last meet-ups to take place in Germany before the measures against the coronavirus were adopted.
With a nice stamp:
Felix Nussbaum (issued 04-11-2004)
Phlox (issued 13-04-2017)

Thank You very much Martin!

Germany: History of Frankfurt

On Tuesday I got five postcards: three from Germany, one from Italy and one from Estonia.

One of the cards from Germany is the Chronicle card of Frankfurt am Main. Although its history dates back to the Bronze Age, Frankfurt was just mentioned for the first time in 794 and in 1372 it became a Free Imperial City. In the meantime it developed into a centre of trade and even became the election place for the German Kings. Since the 16th century, when the title of German King and Holy Roman Emperor were more or less the same, the newly elected Emperor was also crowned in Frankfurt. In the 18th and 19th century it became the bank and exchange centre of Central Europa. Between 1810 and 1813 it was as Grand Duchy of Frankfurt a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. After the Congress of Vienna until 1866 the Federal Assembly of the German Confederation met in Frankfurt, in 1866 the city became a part of Prussia. During the March Revolution of 1848/49 the Frankfurt Parliament, the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany, met at the Paulskirche (upper row centre). During World War II Frankfurt was destroyed. Today it is the largest city of the German State of Hesse and the seat of the European Central Bank. 

Stamp:
Childhood Heroes (from set of two) (issued 05-12-2019)

Thank You very much Claus!

Germany: Struwwelpeter Museum

On Saturday I got four postcards: one from Germany, two from Belgium and one from Italy.

The card from Germany is from the Struwwelpeter Museum in Frankfurt am Main. The Struwwelpeter Museum is a museum about the psychiatrist and author Heinrich Hoffmann and his World-famous book Der Struwwelpeter. It was opened in 1977 and recently moved to Frankfurt's reconstructed old town.

With a nice matching stamp:
Der Struwwelpeter (from set of five) (issued 14-04-1994)
Cuckooflower (issued 18-12-2018)
Lighthouses (from set of two) (issued 11-06-2015)

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: Darmstadt Artists' Colony Mathildenhöhe

On Monday I got a postcard from Germany.

It shows the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt. In 1899 Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig of Hesse founded a artists' colony on the Mathildenhöhe, which made Darmstadt a centre of the Art Nouveau. Darmstadt Artists' Colony Mathildenhöhe is seeking for the inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

EDIT: This site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2021.

Stamps:
Phlox (issued 13-04-2017)
UNESCO World Heritage - Roman Limes (issued 11-10-2007)

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: Fulda Cathedral and Saint Michael's Church in Fulda

On 20th September I got four postcards: one from Germany and three from the USA.

The card from Germany shows the Fulda Cathedral and Saint Michael's Church in Fulda. The Fulda Cathedral is the former abbey church of Fulda Abbey and the burial place of Saint Boniface. Since 1752 it has also been the cathedral of the Diocese of Fulda. It is the most famous building in the Baroque district of Fulda and became a symbol of the town. The Saint Michael's Church next to it was built in the Carolingian architectural style in the 9th century and was used as a burial chapel of the Fulda Abbey, which was back then one of the prominent cultural centres of the early Middle Ages. It is considered to be one of the most important medieval churches in Germany. 

Stamps:
Phlox (issued 13-04-2017)
Tulip (issued 08-09-2005)
Lighthouses (from set of two) (issued 08-06-2017)

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt

On 3rd September I got a postcard from Germany.

It shows the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. The Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt is one of the oldest and biggest museums in Germany. Beside art it shows exhibits about cultural and natural history. Important exhibits include fossils from the Messel Pit, one of the plaques from the Magdeburg Ivories and Pieter Brueghel the Elder's The Magpie on the Gallows. 

Stamp:
EUROPA (issued 02-05-2019)
The stamp can be scanned to listen to the bird.

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: Museum Wiesbaden

On 28th August I got two postcards: one from Germany and one from Austria.

The card from Germany shows a painting by Adolf Hölzel from the collection of the Museum Wiesbaden. The Museum Wiesbaden is a museum about art and natural history and one of the five Hessian State Museums.

Stamps:
Phlox (issued 13-04-2017)
UNESCO World Heritage - Roman Limes (issued 11-10-2007)

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: History of Wetzlar

On 12th July I got a postcard from Germany.

It is the Chronicle card of Wetzlar. Wetzlar was first mentioned in 1141 and in 1180 it became a free imperial city. Between 1693 and 1806 it was home to the Reichskammergericht, one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire. In 1815 it became a part of Prussia and today it is a part of the German State of Hesse.

Stamp:
Astrophysics (from set of two) (issued 01-07-2019)

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: Imperial Palace in Gelnhausen

On 29th June I got a postcard from Germany.

It shows the Imperial Palace in Gelnhausen. The Imperial Palace in Gelnhausen was founded in 1170 by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. In 1180 Henry the Lion was put on trial in absentia for insubordination at a imperial diet in Gelnhausen and was stripped of his lands and declared an outlaw. The Imperial Palace is considered to be one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Central Europa.

Stamp:
200 years Museum of Natural History in Berlin (issued 02-01-2010)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Germany: Saalburg

On 26th June I got five postcards: two from Germany, two from Israel and one from Italy.

One of the cards from Germany shows the Saalburg. The Saalburg is a Roman fort on the Limes Germanicus. It is the most completely reconstructed Roman fort in Germany and houses an archaeological museum. As part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire it is since 2005 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
Baden Wine Street (from set of two) (issued 12-10-2017)

Thank You very much Ina!

Germany: House of the Town History in Offenbach

On 24th June I got two postcards: one card from Germany and my first card from the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The card from Germany shows the d'Orville Doll's House from the collection of the House of the Town History in Offenbach. The House of the Town History was created by the merger of the town museum and the town archiv. It shows exhibits about 10000 years of Offenbach's history and has one of the most modern exhibitions in the region.

Stamp:
Emoji (issued 04-04-2019)

Thank You very much Edith!

Germany: German Architecture Museum

Last Thursday I got four postcards: two from Germany, one from France and one from the Åland Islands.

One of the cards from Germany is from a recent exhibition at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt am Main. The German Architecture Museum is a museum about the history of architectural development in Germany. It was opened in 1984.

Stamp:
Endangered German Whale Species - Porpoise (issued 02-01-2019)

Thank You very much Martin!

Germany: Otzberg Castle

Last Thursday I got four postcards: two from Germany, one from France and one from the Åland Islands.

One of the cards from Germany shows an old painting of Otzberg Castle. Otzberg Castle was first mentioned in 1231. Between 1985 and 2019 the castle housed a museum, where this painting was shown as copy.

Stamp:
Endangered German Whale Species - Porpoise (issued 02-01-2019)

Thank You very much Martin!

Germany: Goethe in the Roman Campagna

Last Saturday I got a postcard from Germany.

It shows the painting Goethe in the Roman Campagna by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. The painting was painted in 1787 and shows Goethe during his journey in Italy. Since 1887 it belongs to the collection of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.

With a matching stamp:
Treasures of German Museums (issued 07-06-2018)

Thank You very much Martin!

Germany: Keltenwelt at Glauberg

On Thursday I got a postcard from Germany.

It shows the Keltenwelt at Glauberg. The Glauberg is a small mountain in the German State of Hesse. Once it was one of the most important early Celtic centres in Europa. To exhibit the Celtic findings of the site the Keltenwelt was built between 2009 and 2011. The most important exhibit of the museum is the Celtic Prince of Glauberg.

With a matching stamp:
Celtic Prince of Glauberg (issued 03-01-2005)

Thank You very much Edith!