Germany: Bortfeld

On 19th February I got a postcard from Germany.

It is an old card of Bortfeld. Bortfeld is a village in Lower Saxony. It was first mentioned in 1308 and is eponymous for a German noble family. In 1974 Bortfeld was incorporated to Wendeburg. Not far away from Braunschweig, it is the location of one of the four branches of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, the Farm House Museum Bortfeld, which however is closed already for years due to renovations. I am not sure whether the old farmhouse shown on the card is actually the museum. Maybe I should undertake a bike ride to Bortfeld this year. It would be interesting to see how all these places look like today. 

The stamp used here was one of my favourites in 2017, as it shows a painting by Johann Vermeer from the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum here in Braunschweig. It was cancelled with the Covid-19 postmark from the mail sorting centre 38 in Braunschweig. For me it is the first time to see it in blue. In February the colour of the German postmarks was switched from black to blue due to the new Matrixcode stamps.

 Thank You very much Christine!