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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Austria: Schloss Stainz

Last Wednesday I got two postcards: one from Austria and one from Germany.

The card from Austria shows Schloss Stainz. Schloss Stainz, originally a monastery, dates back to 1229. In 1840 Archduke Johann, son of Emperor Leopold II and an avid hunter, purchased the building complex for use as a hunting lodge. Today it houses two branches of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, since 2006 the Styrian Hunting Museum and since 2009 also the Museum of Agriculture and Forestry.


With a nice matching stamp:
125 years Stainz Railway (issued 28-05-2017)
with a Leap Day postmark


Thank You very much Anita!

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