3867 - Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany

The sender is a 1.FC Magdeburg supporter. They play in the 2.Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. They were founded in 1965 in East Germany and played in the DDR-Oberliga - the top tier of East German football. they won the league championship three times, and won seven cup titles. They also won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, the only time an East German club won a European trophy.

When East and West Germany reunified, Magdeburg fell on hard times but returned to professional football in 2015 with a promotion to the 3.Liga. In 2018 they made the 2.Bundesliga and have remained since.

The postcard features Thomas Müller, who has nothing to do with 1.FC Magdeburg. He plays for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. He also has 131 international appearances (caps) with Germany from 2010-2024. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Müller won the Best Young Player Award and won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer (5 goals in 6 games). At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, of which Germany won, Müller won the Silver Ball as the tournament's second best player and the Silver Boot as the second top goalscorer. He retired from international football after the EUFA Euro 2024. At the time he was the most decorated German footballer with 27 trophies. He has since been surpassed by Toni Kroos.

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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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