Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany - Das Hermannsdenkmal - monument - postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Das Hermannsdenkmal - this is in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany
• Publisher:  O. Mark
• Postally used:  no - has written message
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: 

Please ask if you need any other information and I will do the best I can to answer.

------------------------------------------------

Postage & Packing:

UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75

No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).

Payment Methods:

UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order

Outside UK: PayPal ONLY (unless otherwise stated) please.   NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).

NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.

----------------------------------------------

Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

*************

Ostwestfalen-Lippe ['?stv?st'fa?l?n'l?p?] ( listen), abbreviation OWL, is a region in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a 2,000-year-old history and culture. Ostwestfalen-Lippe is the eastern part of the region of Westphalia, joined with the Lippe region. A literal translation of the region's name would be East(ern) Westphalia-Lippe. The region is congruent with the area of the administrative region Detmold. A large number of major globally operating companies are headquartered in the region, including Bertelsmann, Miele, Dr. Oetker, Melitta, Gerry Weber, Gildemeister AG, Schüco, Wincor Nixdorf and Claas. In 2012 OWL became the German Leading Edge Cluster for intelligent Technical Systems. Universities are located in Bielefeld and Paderborn.

Major cities in the region are Bielefeld, Paderborn, Gütersloh, Herford, Minden and Detmold. The region has a population of 2.07 million. The Teutoburg Forest stretches across the region. One of the best-known sights is the Hermannsdenkmal near Detmold.

The Hermannsdenkmal (German for Hermann monument) is a monument located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany in the Southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, which is southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe. It stands on the densely forested and 386 m tall Teutberg in the ring fortification located there, which is called Grotenburg.

The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Hermann or Armin (Latin: Arminius) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic tribes under Arminius recorded a decisive victory in 9 AD over three Roman legions under Varus. At the time it was built, the location of the statue was believed to have been very near the actual site of the battle, though it is now known through excavations that the battle actually happened near Kalkriese, a considerable distance to the west and north of the monument.

The sword has the following inscription:

DEUTSCHE:EINIGKEIT:MEINE:STAERKE
MEINE:STAERKE:DEUTSCHLANDS:MACHT

German unity (is) my strength - my strength (is) Germany's might.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: rest of the world

sub-theme=europe

county/ country=germany

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted