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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Germany: Sanssouci Palace and New Palace

On Monday I got eleven postcards including three from Germany.

One of the cards from Germany shows the Sanssouci Palace (upper row) and the New Palace (lower row) in Potsdam. The New Palace was built between 1763 and 1769 after the end of the Seven Years' War at the behest of Frederick the Great. It was actually not intended to be used as royal residence, however Emperor Wilhelm II used it as summer residence between 1888 and 1918. It is considered to be the last great Prussian baroque palace. Since 1990 are the Sanssouci Palace and the New Palace on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
I got this card a few weeks ago in a cover.


With a matching stamp and another related stamp:
Sanssouci Palace (issued 01-03-2016)
300th birthday of Frederick the Great (issued 02-01-2012)
with a special postmark showing also the Sanssouci Palace


Thank You very much Elisabeth for sending me the card in an envelope!

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