4081 - Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Pulheim is home to Pulheimer SC - a sports club founded in 1966. There are sections for the following sports:

Football
Handball
Baseball,
Hockey
Basketball
Inline Hockey
Volleyball
Badminton
Tennis
Table Tennis
Budo
Fencing
Track & Field
Cycling
Swimming
Dancing
Chess

The Pulheim Gophers play in the baseball and softball section of the club and were founded in 1989.
Did you know there was a Baseball-Bundesliga (now called Deutsche Baseball Liga) in Germany? It was founded in 1984 and there are 11 teams in the top tier. Just like other sports in Europe, teams can be promoted or regulated to higher or lower leagues. Deutsche Baseball Liga is the highest tier of German baseball.

The Gophers played in the Deutsche Baseball Liga in 2009 and 2010 and finished 7th and 5th respectively. Today they play in the Baseball-Bundesliga Nord

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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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