Picture postcard mailed 6 July 1935 from Karlsruhe. Franked with the 6 Rpf value (Heinrich Shiitz) of the Shiitz-Bach-Handel Issue of 1935.
The pictorial cancellation (Bachmann Karlsruhe 23)
National Organization for Physical Exercise 25-28 July 1935 Karlsruhe College Contests
Karlsruhe from an airplane
With a population of approximately 150,000 in 1935, Karlsruhe, situated 6 miles from the Rhine, was the capital of the former state of Baden. It owes its origin and name (“Charles’s Rest”) to Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1709—38).
The plan of the old town resembles a fan, the streets radiating from the palace, the tower of which is visible at every crossing. In the 1930s, Karlsruhe had considerable industrial importance, its principal manufactures being locomotives, stoves, soap, and perfumes. It was heavily damaged in World War II.
Published by Hansa-Luftbild G.m.b.H. Archiv der Bad.-Pfalz Luft-Hansa A. G.,
Mannheim.