2337 - Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Halle's early history involves the harvesting of salt dating back to the Bronze Age. The River Saale contains the root for salt. The first mention of Halle is in 806.

During the Second World War, KZ-AuBenlager Birkhahn (Halle Concentration Camp) was located near Halle. Prisoners from Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, France, the Netherlands, and other nations were forced to work in the Siebel Aircraft Plants making combat aircraft.

Halle was also the victim to two air raids late in the war. On 31 March 1945, an air raid took place between the railway station and the city centre. A few days later a second air raid occurred in the souther district of Halle, killing over a 1000 residents and destroying 3600 buildings, including historical buildings on Brueder Street and Grosse Stein Street and the city cemetery.

After the war, Halle was a part of East Germany.

The Halloren-Werke is the oldest chocolate factory in Germany, dating back to 1804.

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), the baroque composer, was born and raised in Halle. The house he grew up in is a Handel museum.

Brigit sent me a postcard of the Church of St. Cyriakus.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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