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3714 - Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Funny little Christmas cartoon. The three wise men of the Christian nativity story are shown as parcel delivery men from three different delivery companies.  Leverkusen is located on the eastern bank of the Rhine, near Cologne. To the north is Düsseldorf. The pharmaceutical giant Bayer is located here. They sponsor the local football club, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. They compete in the Bundesliga They were created in 1904 and founded by employees of Bayer. The club was also home to athletics, gymnastics, basketball, field handball, rowing, tennis, and hockey. In 1999 the football side seperated from the club. Bayer is the defending champions of the Bundesliga. 

2501 - Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Leverkusen is a city of 163 000. Leverkusen is made up of the following former villages:  Wiesdorf, Opladen, Schlebusch, Manfort, Bürrig, Hitdorf, Quettingen, Lützenkirchen, Steinbüchel, Rheindorf and Bergisch-Neukirchen. Ozan, the sender, is from Opladen which joined Leverkusen in 1975.  Ozan's card is from the island of Frauenchiemsee. It is the largest of three islands in Chiemsee. Frauenchiemsee is 15.5 hectares and is car free. There is a convent of Benedictine nuns, along with 300 permanent residents.  The monastery was founded in 782 by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. The first abbess was Blessed Irmengard in 850 and was dedicated to the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. King Ludwig I of Bavaria rebuilt the monastery for the Benedictine nuns and allowed them to receive new candidates on the condition the nuns created their livelihood by opening schools. As such a grammar school, called Irmengard Gymnasium, existed on the site until 1995. The current ...