PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1911)

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KÜNSTLER STEIN ZEICHNUNG
ARTIST STONE DRAWING
TOWNS and CITIES V to X

I don't know when this series of postcards was published, or how many cards were in the complete series, but I have placed them here as the earliest cancellation date I have seen is 1911. It is quite likely that these cards were issued in multiple batches over several years.

The cards seem to have been printed by a number of different publishers and are all unnumbered, so I have categorised them below by city as follows:

A to C
D to F
G to I
J to L
M to O
P to R
S to U
V to X
Y to Z

WEIβENBURG

VERLAG VICTOR STOLL BUCHHANDLUNG, (L. SITZLER), WEIβENBURG i. B

No. 1 WEIβENBURG i. B: ELLINGER TOR

This first postcard is inscribed "Weiβenburg i. B: Ellinger Tor" - 'Weiβenburg i. B: Ellinger Gate'

WISMAR

No. 1 WISMAR. ALTER WASSERTURM AM LINDENGARTEN

The Lindengarten is a listed park in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The facility was built by the city in 1815 with the help of donations on the site of a former Swedish fortification. The Round Pit depicted on the card above runs through the Lindengarten.

The water tower (Wasserturm) in Wismar is a neo-Gothic brick tower dating from 1897. It was part of the former waterworks at Turnplatz.

No. 2 WISMAR. PFARRHAUS v. ST. MARIEN

Wismar Parish and St Mary's Church. The Marienkirche (also St. Mary's Church) is located in the center of Wismar's old town, St. Mary's Churchyard, between the market square and the Fürstenhof. It was the main parish church and council church of the market town. It is one of the oldest buildings in Weimar. Badly damaged in World War II, only the 80.5 meter high tower remains.

No. 3 WISMAR. KOCH'SCHE BRAUEREI

The City History Museum of Wismar is located in Wismar's old town in the Schabbellhaus. The two-story building with a four-story stepped gable was built around 1569 to 1571 by the Dutch master builder Philipp Brandin for the brewer, councilor and later mayor of the city of Wismar, Hinrich Schabbell (1531–1600), as a merchant's house (residential and commercial building) and brewery in the style Built in the early Renaissance on the Schweinsbrücke over the Frische Grube. The building was also called the Koch Brewery after its later owners.

No. 4 WISMAR -RUNDE GRUBE

The following card is titled "Wismar - Runde Grube"

WOLFSKLIPPEN

No.1 - WILDFIEDELUNG WOLFSKLIPPEN
WILD FORGING WOLF CLIFFS

The Wolfsklippen or Wolf's Cliffs are a rocky, granite, scenic region in the Harz district, Saxony-Anhal. There is an historic observation tower dating from 1901 and the region is a well-known and popular hiking destination

This particular card has an additional violet, rectangular stamp inscribed "Wolfsklippen bei Bad Harzburg | der Ferienheime für Handel und Industrie | Deutsche Gessellschaft für Kaufmanns Erholungsheime E. V. Wiesbaden." - 'Wolf cliffs near Bad Harzburg, of holiday homes for trade and industry, German Society for Merchants' Rest Homes E. V. Wiesbaden.'