4538 - Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

This card features a beautiful picture of the Lorelei, a 132-metre-high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the Rhine River in the Rhine Gorge, near Sankt Goarshausen. The site is part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site.

At the top of the rock is the Loreley Amphitheatre (Freilichtbühne Loreley), built between 1934 and 1939 as one of the Nazi Thingplätze. A Thingplatz was an outdoor amphitheatre designed for theatrical performances and political gatherings. The Nazis regarded the Lorelei as a symbolic shrine and sought to use the site to promote German nationalism and Nazi ideology. The amphitheatre’s opening performance was Friedrich Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell.

The Freilichtbühne Loreley continued to be used extensively after the Second World War. It hosted an international camp for European youth and, from 1952 to 1967, was used for performances of classical drama. Since 1968, it has hosted orchestral performances and rock and pop concerts featuring internationally renowned artists and bands, including Genesis, the Ramones, Metallica, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and R.E.M.

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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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