2501 - Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Leverkusen is a city of 163 000. Leverkusen is made up of the following former villages: Wiesdorf, Opladen, Schlebusch, Manfort, Bürrig, Hitdorf, Quettingen, Lützenkirchen, Steinbüchel, Rheindorf and Bergisch-Neukirchen. Ozan, the sender, is from Opladen which joined Leverkusen in 1975.

Ozan's card is from the island of Frauenchiemsee. It is the largest of three islands in Chiemsee. Frauenchiemsee is 15.5 hectares and is car free. There is a convent of Benedictine nuns, along with 300 permanent residents.

The monastery was founded in 782 by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. The first abbess was Blessed Irmengard in 850 and was dedicated to the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. King Ludwig I of Bavaria rebuilt the monastery for the Benedictine nuns and allowed them to receive new candidates on the condition the nuns created their livelihood by opening schools. As such a grammar school, called Irmengard Gymnasium, existed on the site until 1995. The current monastery was declared an abbey again in 1901.

The monastery (2016) has 21 sisters and the abbess is Johanna Mayer.

Tourism is a big part of Frauenchiemsee today. The monastery produces a liquor spirit which is sold to tourists. The island is accessible by ship year round.

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