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1909

The 1909 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1909 Official postcards are now on this page. Official postcards are cards that were issued by the Reich’s post office, had pre-printed (indicia) stamps and were widely available throughout German towns and cities.

Secondly Printed to Private Order postcards are postcards that were generally issued by entities that were advertising an event or commemorating an anniversary, and also had pre-printed stamps, but were not widely available throughout Germany (most were only available at the event they were commemorating).

Thirdly Other postcards are postcards that fall into the same general category as printed to private order however they do not have pre-printed stamps.

Finally, Miscellaneous postcards is where you will find postcards that do not fit into the first three categories (i.e. they are not official, they do not have pre-printed stamps, and they do not commemorate an event).

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500th Anniv Leipzig and 16th German Shooter's Competition

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500th ANNIV of LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY
(Jul 1909)

Issued Jul 1909 to commemorate the 500th Anniversity of Leipzig University. This attractive series of postcards consists of an unknown number of cards all depicting scenes relevant to the Leipzig University. Although unnumbered, the reverse side of these cards are identical in design and have the title "OFFIZIELLE POSTKARTE zur 500 JÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUMSFEIER DER UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG JULI 1909" - ' OFFICIAL POSTCARD for the 500 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG JULY 1909'. They were published by DRUCK u. VERLAG ESCHEBACH & SCHAFER of Leipzig.

Leipzig University is located in Saxony and is one of the world's oldest universities being founded on 2nd Dec 1409 by Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother William II. Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are all alumni of the university. In 1953 the university was renamed the Karl Marx University and it remained so until reunification with West Germany in 1991 when it reverted back to its old name.

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Zum 500 jährigen Jubiläum der Universität Leipzig Juli 1909

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500 JÄHRIGE JU BELFEIER DER UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG JULI 1909

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OSTLICHE ANSICHT DES MITTEL PAULINUMS VOR 1830

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PAULINUM UND PAULINERKIRCHE VOR 1830

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UNIVERSITÄT VOR 1892

(4) The Paulinium and Paulinerkirch were demolished by the East German regime in 1968.
(5) This postcard depicts the front of the main building of the University and was also demolished by the communist East German government in 1968.

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UNIVERSITÄT 1909

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PAULINERKIRCHE UM 1750

(7) The Paulinerkirche was a church on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig. It was built in 1231 as the Klosterkirche St. Pauli for the Dominican monastery in Leipzig. From the foundation of the University of Leipzig in 1409, it served as the university church. After the Protestant Reformation it was donated to the university and was inaugurated in 1545 by Martin Luther as the Universitätskirche St. Pauli (University Church of St Paul).

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HOF um 1800

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Joh. OTTO von MUNSTERNURG erster Rector der Universität

(9) Johannes Hoffmann von Schweidnitz (AKA Johan OTTO von MUNSTERNURG) was born around 1375 in Schweidnitz, Duchy of Schweidnitz. He began theology studies at Prague University in 1393 and by 1409 had become rector of the university. Later in 1409 he oversaw the exodus of Germans from Prague to Leipzig where he became the first rector of Leipzig University. He died in 1451.