Krefeld: city of silk and velvet, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany

Krefeld: city of silk and velvet is the centre of Germany's textile trade. It is three towns in one: neo-classical Krefeld, baroque Uerdingen and the small medieval castle town of Linn. Though the different influences are still easily identifiable, these places have grown together over time to form one city.

This is a typical tourist postcard showing multi-views of the various attractions of Krefeld.  I can identify only three of the scenes shown on this postcard.

Right at the bottom, the magnificent building is the Rathaus (City Hall) which obviously must be in the centre of Krefeld.  On the top right hand corner is Burg Linn (Linn Castle) which is a moated castle.  It is located about five kilometres east of downtown.  Surprisingly the Hunting Lodge which was added in 1930 is featured more prominently on this postcard.  Just below this is Krefeld Port.  The access to the port, a view from the north is shown.  Actually to call it a port is a bit of an exaggeration as it is really a small three-dock structure serving a branch canal of the Rhine River.

 I received this postcard from Torsten Berner in February 2014.