What a great card I received from Gabi. It is a children's drawing of Strekov Castle. It was built in 1316 as a gift to King John of Luxembourg, who was the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, and was meant to be a guard tower for an important trade route to Germany.
Today it is a well preserved ruined castle atop a cliff overlooking the River Elbe near Ústí nad Labem. The amazing views from the top have attracted visiting artists such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Richard Wagner, and Karel Hynek Mácha. Ludwig Richter painted Überfahrt am Schreckenstein (Passing the Schreckenstein), one of the most famous paitings of Strekov Castle.
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