A View of the village Rathewalde, Germany

A View of the village Rathewalde, Germany

Hohnstein, Germany
Rathewalde
Polenz River
Buttner’s Restaurant,
photographic postcard 1900-1910,
Lower Saxony
German landscapes

1 postcard recto and verso.

A Panoramic View of the village Rathewalde, Germany

Gebruder Metz. G.m.B.H.

Within the village of Rathewalde, Germany the church and represented is still in existence.

Gebruder Metz. G.m.B.H.

Published circa 1906- 1908,

On recto: June 11' 1908 (hand written)

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ger: text, en: hand-written notes

Still Image, Photographic Postcard with divided back, 3.5 x 5.5 in

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A color-tinted lithographic print of the village of Rathewalde, Germany in 1908. Situated along the Polenz River, and near the Saxon Switzerland National Park, the small village still features the church and idyllic houses that are featured in the view. No information could be found on Buttner's Restaurant outside of postcards produced from the same era.

Inscription on recto from top left:

Mrs. Henry A Heilbron, Mrs. M. Buente, Carl, Ella, Freida, Nina Heilbron, H. A. Heilbron, H. C. Heilbron, Andrew S. Heilbron, Gessie

Old Church 200 years old. Mrs. Kinnear

Written date: June 11' 1908

For more information on the village see:
http://www.hohnstein.de/de/Tourismus/Ins-Land-geschaut/Ortsteile/Rathewalde

For more information on similar postcards that feature Buttner's Restaurant see:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lithographie-Rathenwalde-Panorama-Partie-im-Amselgrund-Restaurant-Buttner-/311271669360?pt=Ansichtskarte_Zubeh%C3%B6r&hash=item48793cbe70

Original Collection passed from Gertrude Kinnear to her sister Luree Jobe to her daughter Eleanor Jobe, who left it to her niece Elizabeth A. Mealy who left it to her granddaughter Caitlin Mealy.

For rights and permissions, please contact Caitlin Mealy, catydids515@gmail.com.

Tubingen, Germany

Gebruder Metz. G.m.B.H.