23rd August 1942

Lindau

Postcard depicting an aerial view of Lindau (im Bodensee - Lake Constance), sent from Lindau to Vienna. Ref: 23.08.1942

Lindau

Lindau is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county of Lindau, Bavaria and is near the borders of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, and the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Thurgau.

Postcard sent in 1946 from Lindau to Donaueschingen. It depicts the harbour entrance and a pleasure cruiser departing into the open water of the Bodensee. (Note that two of the flags have been partially obliterated due to them displaying the swastika). The building on the right is the lighthouse, built between 1853 and 1856 at the end of the west pier and put into operation on 4th October 1856. This made it the successor to the Mangturm, which had been built in 1230; therefore it is sometimes referred to as the new lighthouse. To the left sits the Bavarian Lion (placed in 1856), symbolic in the Wittelsbach royal heraldry since 1214 and the Free State of Bavaria. Ref: 03.06.1946 - 16/15

After World War II, Lindau fell under French military administration and went first to Württemberg-Hohenzollern and then to the State of Baden-Württemberg. On 1st September 1955, Lindau again returned to Bavaria.

Source: Wikipedia

Postcard issued to commemorate the stamp exhibition during 'Lindau Autumn Week'. Featuring postage stamp Mi.4 (Württemberg) tied with commemorative cancel JB:Lindau4/501. Ref: 18.09.1947 - 16/73

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