Landau Pfalz Germany Blick vom Kirchturm View Postcard 1930s Hindenburg
Vintage 1930s German postcard showing a scenic view of Landau in der Pfalz from the church tower (Blick vom Kirchturm), looking toward the Haardt Mountains.
Publisher: Aug. Graf, Kgl. bayr. Hof, Landau
Postmarked Urach (Württ.), franked with 6 Pf. Hindenburg stamp
Clean divided back with handwritten message
Bright, detailed printed color
Highlights:
Classic Palatinate regional view
Clear pre-WWII Deutsches Reich postal use
Ideal for collectors of Rheinland-Pfalz towns or German topographic scenes
Postcard Identification
Front Caption: Landau i. Pfalz – Blick vom Kirchturm
(Landau in the Palatinate – View from the Church Tower)
Publisher: Verlag: Aug. Graf, Kgl. bayr. Hof, Landau
(“Publisher: August Graf, Royal Bavarian Court Supplier, Landau”)
Series Number: 92212
Postmark: Urach (Württemberg) — circa 1930s
Stamp: 6 Pfennig Deutsches Reich (Paul von Hindenburg issue, 1933–1936)
Format: Divided back postcard, hand-written message in German
Medium: Printed chromolithograph (color-tinted view)
Historical Context
Landau is a historic market and university town located in the Pfalz wine region near the Haardt Mountains (the low range visible in the background).
The image is a bird’s-eye view looking west from the church tower (Kirchturm), showing the city’s main thoroughfare lined with classic German townhouses and red-tiled roofs.
The distant hills are part of the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald), a protected nature area today.
Publisher August Graf was active in Landau from about 1905 through the 1930s, producing many picturesque city views under royal Bavarian license.
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