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Thanks to Pella via postcrossing for this quote card.

Sent: 21 December 2015   Received: 5 January 2016    Travelled: 15 days

Cathedral of St. James, Innsbruck

Innsbruck Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of St. James , is an eighteenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck in the city of Innsbruck, Austria, dedicated to the apostle Saint James, son of Zebedee. Based on designs by the architect Johann Jakob Herkomer, the cathedral was built between 1717 and 1724 on the site of a twelfth-century Romanesque church. The interior is enclosed by three domed vaults spanning the nave, and a dome with lantern above the chancel. With its lavish Baroque interior, executed in part by the Asam brothers, St. James is considered among the most important Baroque buildings in the Tyrol.

Innsbruck Cathedral is notable for two important treasures. The painting Maria Hilf (Mary of Succor) by Lucas Cranach the Elder from c. 1530 is displayed above the main altar. It is considered among the most venerated Marian images in Christendom. The cathedral also contains in the north aisle the canopied tomb of Archduke Maximilian III of Austria, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, dating from 1620. The cathedral was heavily damaged during World War II, but was fully restored within a few years.

Source: Wikipedia

Thank you to Lesly for this interior view of Innsbruck Cathedral

Sent: November 2015   Received: 7 December 2015

Dachstein Massif and Glacier

Hoher Dachstein is a strongly karstic Austrian mountain, and the second highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria in central Austria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Parts of the massif also lie in the state of Salzburg, leading to the mountain being referred to as the Drei-Länder-Berg ("three-state mountain"). The Dachstein massif covers an area of around 20×30 km with dozens of peaks above 2,500 m, the highest of which are in the southern and south-western areas. Seen from the north, the Dachstein massif is dominated by the glaciers with the rocky summits rising beyond them. By contrast, to the south, the mountain drops almost vertically to the valley floor.
Source:Wikipedia

Thank you to Monika for this postcard! (Postcrossing)

Sent: 8 September 2014   Received: 18 September 2014  Travelled: 10 days

Vienna International Centre

The United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major UN office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and is part of the Vienna International Centre, a cluster of several major international organizations. The UNOV was established on 1 January 1980, and was the third such office established.

The stamps on the card show right:Festung Hohensalzburg and left; Belvedere castle.
Issued by : United Nations on 28 January 2008

Receiving this card of the UN office from Vienna was a complete surprise which necessitate me digging out my other UN card to show both of them. Thank you Chris for this amazing card of the UNOV. Two down and two more UN offices to collect :D

Sent: 17 July 2014   Received: 12 August 2014   Travelled: 26 days

Graz,Austria

Graz is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark).
Graz has a long tradition as a student city: its six universities have more than 44,000 students. Its "Old Town" is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe.
Politically and culturally, Graz was for centuries more important for Slovenes than Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and still remains influential.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graz

 

Thank you Yvonne for the beautiful view of Graz :)

Sent: 20 November 2012
Received: 28 November 2012
Travelled: 8 days

Mozart's family

Received a wonderful Mozart family postcard today. Thank you Raffaela of Austria for my first composer!

Sent: 26 February 2013,   Received: 8 March 2013,   Travelled: 10 days

Uhturm (Clocktower)

 

Schlossberg Urhturm

 

Another lovely card from Yvonne!

 

Sent: 25 February2013

Received: 6 March 2013

Travelled: 9 days

 

Hartberg, Austria

 Hartberg is a city in Styria, Austria, the capital of the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld.
This town has a long and rich history. A settlement was located here in the Neolithic ages. One of the most important, prehistoric settlements of Styria developed on "Ringkogel" in the 3rd century BC. A massive protective wall surrounded it. Only two towers remain of the 7-8 metre high and 1500 metre long wall. (Schölbinger Tower and Reck Tower). The first mention of Hartberg as a city was in a 1286 document. During the 15th century it was conquered by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. A huge fire destroyed the town up to a few houses, but the population has been continually on the rise since then.

Thank you Carina for the lovely card from Hartberg!

Sent: 18 February 2013,   Received: 5 March 2013   Travelled: 15 days

Ishgl, Austria



 Ischgl (1377m) is a town in the Paznaun Valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its ski resort Silvretta Arena Ischgl-Samnaun is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland. Together this ski area belongs to the largest skiing resorts in the Alps. Its 238 km of groomed pistes are served by over 40 mechanical lifts including cable cars, gondolas, detachable chair lifts and some T-bars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischgl

I've never tried skiing before, but I'm not a very coordinated person so I'm pretty sure I'd be face hugging the snow a lot of times. Thank you Luzian for this sporty card!



Sent: 28 December 2012
Received: 12 January 2013
Travelled: 15 days

Salzburg

Hohensalzburg Fortress, Nonnberg Abbey

Hohensalzburg Castle sits atop the Festungsberg, a small hill in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Erected at the behest of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg with a length of 250 m (820 ft) and a width of 150 m (490 ft), it is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.
Hohensalzburg castle was refurbished from the late 19th century onwards and became a major tourist attraction with the Festungsbahn cable car, opened in 1892, leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei. It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe.
During the early 20th century it was used as a prison, holding Italian prisoners of war during World War I and Nazi activists (before the Anschluss with Germany) in the 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohensalzburg_Castle

Thank you Curt, it's so cool to follow your journey through postcards :)

Sent: 24 August 2009