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

Germany - Hesse - Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Rheingau

Kloster Eberbach is a Romanesque/Gothic Abbey that is now a winery in Eltville in the Rheingau, Hesse, Germany. Thanks to YLai for mailing from Germany. Received in Penang on September 10, 2020.

Germany - Hesse - Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel - UNESCO

Blick zum Herkules, Kassel , Bad Wilhelmshohe. Thanks to Simone of Germany.



Germany - Hesse - Rudesheim am Rhein - UNESCO

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I visited Rudesheim and sent this postcard to myself in April 2015.




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Rudesheim am Rheim is the boarding point of many Rhine Cruise boat trips. It is inside the core zone of Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage. Thanks to YL for mailing from Germany in June 2013.





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Rudesheim am Rhein.


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Visited this nice Rhine town with vineyards.


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Postage stamp framed views of Rudesheim.


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Took the cable car down to the town.



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A victory statue over Rhine River that I visited in 2015 and bought this postcard.

Germany - Hesse - Roman Empire Frontiers - UNESCO

Postcard 1A - GERMANY - Limes
A cultural divide at Limes between the "Roman Empire" and the "Barbarians". A postcard with the UNESCO World Heritage logo. Thanks to Isabella of Germany who visiting this UNESCO World Heritage site.






Postcard 1B - GERMANY - Saalburg
Saalburg Roman Castle reconstructed. Thanks to Edith of Germany.







Postcard 2A - UNITED KINGDOM - Hadrian Wall
A multi-view of Hadrian's wall - Vindolanda, Chesters Fort, Milecastle 39, Housesteads. Thanks to Michael of Luxembourg.



Germany - Hesse - Edersee National Park

Aerial view of the Edersee National Park, Hessen - old beech forests. It is a UNESCO World Heritage subsites for Germany Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests. Thanks to Marcel of Germany.



Germany - Hesse - Idstein

Timbered building of Idstein, Hesse. This town has 25,000 inhabitants with a well preserved old town and located in Taunas mountain range, 16km north of Wiesbaden.  Thanks to YL who visited Idstein and mailed this postcard.

Germany - Hesse - Opel Zoo, Königstein im Taunus

We ate a restaurant overlooking Opel Zoo located in Königstein im Taunus. Bought this postcard at the Opel Zoo souvenir gift shop in 2015.

Germany - Hesse - Hanau

Multiview of Hanau, Hesse, Germany. Located 25km east of Frankfurt am Main. The town was largely destroyed by British airstrikes at the end of World War II. Thanks to Jens of Germany.

Germany - Hesse - Universities

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Campus Westend of Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main. I visited this downtown university campus and bought this postcard there in 2015.




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Stadt- und Unversitatsbibliothek is one of Frankfurt City Libraries near the Bockenheimer Warte subway station. I visited this library desk counter and bought this postcard in 2015.

Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt am Main - Various Postcards

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Ebbelwei Express is a vintage tram tour in Frankfurt am Main.




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Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main. I visited this museum and bought this postcard of Anomalocaris - a replica of an extinct shrimp fossil - an anthropod predecessor.

Germany - Hesse - Tower of Europe, Frankfurt am Main

Europartum or Tower of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the second tallest after the Tower in Berlin. Thanks to Volker of Germany.


Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt Zoo

Spectacled bears in Frankfurt Zoo, showing mother bear Cashu with twin cubs Tupa and Sonco. I visited Frankfurt Zoo in downtown Frankfurt am Main - nice primate center. I bought this postcard at the zoo in 2015.

Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

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My first international flight to USA actually transit at Frankfurt Airport. Last 2015, again flew into Frankfurt Airport for my Germany visit. There is a major train stop at Frankfort Airport. Thanks to YL for mailing this multi-view Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) from Germany.


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Aerial view of the runways of Frankfurt Airport.

Germany - Hesse - Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main

I enjoyed visited Palmengarten - a botanic gardens in Frankfurt am Main. Bought these postcards there in 2015.

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Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt am Main - Historic Town

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City map of Frankfurt am Main or "Frankfurt". It is the largest city in Hesse and the fifth largest in Germany. Nice German stamps. Thanks to Sini for sending this card from Frankfurt, Germany.




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Black and white aerial view of Frankfurt am Main - Altstadt (Old Town) before and after WWII.





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Romerberg is a public space in Alt Stadt of Frankfurt am Main. Visited this touristy site and bought postcards here in 2015.




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A different view of Romerberg Ostzeile, Frankfurt Am Main




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Romer City Hall, Frankfurt am Main.




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I bought this nice 3D postcard at a souvenir shop in Romerberg Ostzeile, Frankfurt am Main.


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Frankfurt Cathedral - Frankfurter Kaiserdom. I visited this cathedral and bought the postcard there.




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Interior view of the vaulted ceiling of Frankfurt Cathedral dedicated to Saint Bartholomew. I got this postcard here.


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View of old town from Main river. I sent this postcard from the Frankfurt airport to myself, years ago.