3221 - Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Dortmund was founded around 882 and was a major city in the Hanseatic League. However, during the Thirty Years' War, the city was destroyed and it decreased in significance until the industrial revolution. It became an important coal, steel, and beer centre. Because of that, Dortmund was heavily bombed during World War II. On 12 March 1945, 1110 Allied aircraft destroyed 98% of the buildings of the inner city, the most aircraft the Allies sent to one target.

When the steel and coal industries collapsed in the later 1900s, the city has shifted to a high-technology - biomedical, micro systems, and technology services. That along with the largest canal system in Europe, it has connections
to seaports on the North Sea.

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3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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