Germany: Dankwarderode Castle

Today I got six postcards: four from Germany, one from Malaysia and one from Australia.

One of the German cards shows the Dankwarderode Castle in Braunschweig. The Dankwarderode Castle is a Saxon lowland castle and for centuries it was used by the Dukes of Braunschweig as residence. It was built by Duke Henry the Lion from around 1160 until 1175. Since 1963 houses its ground floor the permanent collection of medieval objects of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.

I sent this card to me after I visited the Dankwarderode Castle on the International Museum Day.

Stamp:
Felix the Rabbit (from set of two) (issued 02-03-2015)

Another card I bought in the Dankwarderode Castle shows the Great Hall. During the renovation of the main building parts of the collections of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum are shown in the Great Hall.

The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum was founded in 1754. It is thus the oldest museum in Germany and one of the oldest in Europe. It houses an important collection of Western old master paintings.
Three cards I bought shows a painting of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder, "The soldier and the girl" by Gerard van Honthorst and a Congreve clock.

The another card shows a bust of Duke Anthony Ulrich, the founder of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.

The two cards I bought about the collection of medieval objects show the Reliquary of the arm of Saint Blaise from the Guelph Treasure and the original Brunswick Lion.