2262 - Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

A nice card with a photo of a river in a valley, I am assuming it is the Rhine. Sabine, the writer, and I share similar interests in walking and working in the garden.

However, after checking out Emmerich on Wikipedia I discovered Sabine's "small town on the Rhine" is actually a city of over 30 000 and can trace its history back as a Roman Colony, and then to 700 when St. Willibrord founded a mission here. In October 1944 it was strategically bombed and 91% of the city was destroyed. Being on the Rhine, it would have been one of the first places in Germany where the allied armies crossed into Germany. I wonder if the bridge was destroyed by the retreating German forces.

The Netherlands annexed Emmerich in 1949, but returned it to West Germany in 1963.

Emmerich am Rhein translates to Emmerich on the Rhine.

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