Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Torgau

Multi view postcard coming from Torgau, a city in the eastern Germany and at this postcard shows us what to see in Torgau:



Top Left: Schloss Hartenfels
This castle is used to be the center of Reformation and the Protestant castle chapel was inaugurated by Martin Luther at 1544 and became the first Protestant new church. 

Top Center: Grober Wendelstein
The great Wendelstein is one of the highlight German architecture, and the spiral staircase is stabilize by it's six pillars only.

Top Right: Stadkirche St. Marien
It is the Protestant church

Bottom Left: Renaissance-Rathaus and Marktbrunnen
Torgau City Hall with Renaissance style

Bottom Center: Torgauer Baren
The Bear Cam, a project of Torgau Bear Foundation

Bottom Right: Am Markt




And take a look at the beautiful stamp in the back of this postcard ... 




Thanks Antje
Postcrossing DE-7756825

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Gaisburg

Here came postcard from Germany with the painting of old church in the Gainsburg, one of Stuttgart city.



Thanks Gunter
Postcrossing - DE-7459873 
 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Benedictine Abbey Scheyern


Postcard with Benedictine Abbey Scheyern view.

This building is used to be a former ancestral castle of The Counts of Scheyern, the ancestor of the Bavarian Wittelsbach family.

This monastry was built by Countess Haziga and now became the house of the Benedictine Order



Thanks to Nicole
Postcrossing DE-7457042

Friday, June 29, 2018

Dresden

Dresden, is one of the large city in Germany. The description of the PC told us that in comparison with 49 German cities, the city of culture on the Elbe was voted the most beautiful of The Federal Republic of Germany.

According to Lothar, Dresden is the most beautiful town of Germany in 2017. Dresden on the Elbe river is a center of culture and art with many old Baroque buildings.

I'm agree with Lothar when I saw this PC, Dresden is beautiful.



Thanks to Lothar (Postcrossing DE-6914009)

Friday, June 22, 2018

Bremen, Germany

Postcard from Germany

Do you know Bremen? Maybe some of you have known it, but I don't ...
From this postcard I can see Bremen from it's famous building and landmarks.

In the right bottom is the popular fairy tale "Town Musician of Bremen" or Bremer Stadtmusikanten Story... a story about four animal, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, who were growing old and couldn't do their job anymore and working together to became a musician in Bremen. But in this tale, they never arrived in Bremen.

In the center below is bronze figure of a shepherd with the group of pigs

In the left below is trade chamber

In the right above is Bremen town hall

And the picture in the circle is the statue of Roland, a protector of the city of Bremen





Thanks to Butz (DE-6427786)

Monday, February 12, 2018

Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

This time i got postcard from Germany with Elbphilharmonie concert hall in the front.

In the back of the postcard described this building with 110 m height was completed in 2016. The "Elphi" is one of Hamburg most modern, most famous and best concert halls worldwide and became one of the new Hamburg's landmark.



Thanks Gudrun



Thursday, November 16, 2017

Blue Poppy

Blue Poppy is a flower come from Tibet according to Christa, who sent this postcard to me.

And this is the blue poppy, it's so beautiful



Monday, July 24, 2017

Putbus, Germany

Putbus is a little town at the island of Rugen in the Baltic Sea.

It's a tourist destination with seaside resorts.

This postcard show a bit about Putbus



Thanks Maudy

Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Reichstag in Berlin

Another postcard from Germany with Reichstag in Berlin view.

This building is used to be the Parliament building of the Germany Emporium but today the building is not used as a Parliament building anymore.

It's a famous landmark and tourist destination in Berlin.




Thanks Reinhold

Monday, December 05, 2016

Emperor Wilhelm Monument

Postcard from Germany with Kaiser Wilhelm Monument at Porta Westfalica in the front of the postcard.

It was built between 1892 - 1896 during the first German state unification after the death of Emperor William I.

With 88 m height, this monument become the landmark of Porta Westfalica.



Thanks Anja

Saturday, November 05, 2016

Frankfurt am Main

Postcard with view of Frankfurt with the skyscrapers around.

Frankfurt is one of the important financial and trade city in Germany and also one of Germany's tourist destination.




  

Thanks Ursula



Friday, October 14, 2016

Linden Braeu Brauerei Gasthof

Today i got postcard with the old traditional restaurants view, Linden Braeu Brauerei Gasthof



Thanks Mike

Monday, September 26, 2016

View of Berlin

Berlin, the capital city of Germany have many famous sights, and this is a few of it

Potsdamer Platz, is the new center of Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Berlin Cathedral (with 368 m high TV tower in the background),

Charlottenburg Palace, the largest and the most beautiful royal palace. It used to be the summer residence of Sophie Carlotte, the first queen of Prussia.

Friedrichwerdersche Kirche, a new gothic masterpiece by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It used to be a church and now become a museum. It has a magnificent beauty of colorful glass windows;

Brandenburg gate, is a famous landmark. It's a former symbol of divided city of Berlin (West Berlin and East Berlin) and now is a symbol of peace and unity;


Plastik Berlin, a broken chain monument;


Oberbaum bridge with Metro; a double deck bridge crossing river Spree;

UNESCO Bode Museum on museum island, a home for sculpture collection;

Nikolaiviertel is the historical old town of Berlin





 Thanks Antje & Nadja

Friday, August 05, 2016

Summer at beach

Yes it's Summer .... and beautiful beach at Bahama





Thanks Jorg

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Seagull

I got Seagull postcard from Germany

Seagull is a meteorologist, if stormy seaside, they fled inland.




Thanks to Birgit

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Monday, March 21, 2016

Postcard from Germany


I got postcard from Germany and look at the beautiful colorful building with the church behind

In the back of the postcard the sender told me that in Germany there are a traditional dish, name Maultasche. Maultasche consists of smoke meat and vegetable, similar to Italian Ravioli. Do you want to try? I do. 





Thanks Thomas

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Schwarzwald

This postcard came from Germany.

The Black Forest is the highest and largest mountains in Germany.




In the back of the postcard, the sender told me that there is some typical dishes, likes Kaesespaetzle (like cheese maccaroni), haultasche (filled pasta with meat) and schwarzwaelder kirschtorte (black forrest cake). Its all sounds yummy ....

Thanks Maria

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Cologne - Koln

Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany.

Cologne is famous for its Kolsch Beer, a special beer only brewed in Cologne. It's a light ale and is served in the traditional 0,2 liter Kolsch glasses with are tall and cylindrical.

Drink Kolsch in an origin "Brauhaus" (the traditional German Pub where the beer is brewed). There the "Kobes" serves the fantastic ale and he serves one after another if you don't say "NO" and put the beer pad on your glass.



Thanks to Marita.


Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Usedom Island, Germany

Usedom Island is the 2nd largest island in Germany on the Baltic Sea.

This postcard shows us the beautiful of Usedom Island





Thanks Rainer

Finland

Finland, one of the Northern Europe and one of the coldest country. Here you can find the Aurora Borealis, the northern light in the ...