4145 - Stuhr, Lower Saxony, Germany

This card is coming from a high school teacher who teaches Spanish and English. In fact, she shared some exciting news that she gets to take a class to Spain for an exchange program, of which she has been preparing for a few years.

The card is from Bremen, but the teacher is from Stuhr. Stuhr is a municipality about 7 kilometres southwest of Bremen. There are about 35 000 people who live in the municipality. The municipality includes the following communities: Brinkum, Fahrenhorst, Groß Mackenstedt, Heiligenrode (Neukrug), Moordeich, Seckenhausen, Stuhr and Varrel.

The card shows the city centre of Bremen, or the Bremer Marktplatz. It is one of the oldest public squares in the city and covers an area of 3,484 m² . It isn't used as a market place exept for the Christmas market and the Freimarkt Fair at the end of October. Parts of the marketplace have been used since the age of Charlemagne (mid to late 700s). Bremen Town Hall was built here from 1405 to 1410. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The entire complex is listed as a heritage site.

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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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