On 6th November I got four postcards: three from Germany and one from Canada.
One of the cards from Germany shows Lahneck Castle. Lahneck Castle is a medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century and standing on a steep rock salient above the confluence of the Lahn River with the Rhine. According to legend the last 12 Templars took refuge in the castle in 1312, where they perished in a heroic fight to the death with forces of Mainz Archbishop Peter of Aspelt, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was inspired by the sight of the castle to write the poem Geistesgruß from Faust I, but best known the castle is probably for the death of the 17-year-old English tourist Idilia Dubb in 1851, who was climbing the castle's tower when the wooden stair collapsed behind her. As part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley is the castle since 2002 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The recent Heinzelmännchen stamp from the series Sagenhaftes Deutschland (issued 07-10-2021) was used here.
Thank You very much Marcel
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