Tentative. GERMANY. Schwetzingen

GERMANY. Speyer Cathedral

4 of 38 in Germany and a fantastic cathedral I definitely want to visit!

GERMANY. Historic Centre of Wismar

3 of 38 in Germany thanks to Postcrossing!

 

Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar

The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of Brick Gothic in the Baltic region, as exemplified in several important brick cathedrals, the Town Hall of Stralsund, and the series of houses for residential, commercial and crafts use, representing its evolution over several centuries.

 

Tentative. GERMANY - Heidelberg

A dear present from my dear cousins, one of whom lives in Germany with his girlfriend. A nice memory from one of their trips across the country. So good to know close relatives and friends know that I collect postcards and send such whenever they can! :)

 

Heidelberg is situated in an unique landscape in the valley of the River Neckar. The castle is a chef d'oeuvre of German renaissance architecture. With the ruins of the castle, the baroque style architecture based on a ground plan of the middle ages and the surrounding landscape Heidelberg became the centre of the German romanticism in the l9th century. In the European wide difference around 1900 concerning the reconstruction of Heidelberg castle the modern preservation of monuments was constituted ("to preserve not to restore"). 

GERMANY. The oldest UNESCO postcard I have

This one is from a German friend of mine called Nando, whose home town is Cologne. I received this card, dated 25.01.2005, a few months after his internship in Bulgaria ended and he went back to Germany.

GERMANY. Upper Middle Rhine Valley

2 of 38 :)
The castles are an important part of the valley site.

Tentative. GERMANY. Schwetzingen palace

1 of 10 from the tentative list thanks to my good swap friend Michael.

GERMANY. Another view of the Cologne Cahedral

Thanks to my good swap friend Joerg from Germany, who posted it during a trip to the city.

GERMANY. Cologne Cathedral at sunset

The Cologne cathedral, 1st site out of 38 in Germany