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| TPO Вержболово/Verzhbolovo - С.П.Бург/S.P.Burg (St.Petersburg) 1911 |
This is a postcard sent in 1911 from Вержболово / Verzhbolovo (now Virbalis, Lithuania) to Berlin, Germany. Virbalis appears in many languages, Wirballen in German, Wierzbołów in Polish, due to its important factor, having a railroad station on the border of 2 powerful nations in the region: the German Reich and the Imperial Russia.
The church in the picture Virbalis Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1844 for the German Protestant community in the town. The church has been destroyed during WWII and only the ruin of it remains today. The German community left the town after the war so there are no one left to rebuilt or need this Protestant structure.
The postmark is also nice, it is a 1911 railway postmark between Вержболово / Verzhbolovo and С.П.Бург/S.P.Burg (St.Petersburg).
I visited this town some years ago and now it is completely transformed.
ReplyDeleteI have gathered some views of Virbalis in this link .
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This border is very interesting. Usually, borders move depending on the political factors or wars but this particular border never changed, instead, territories moved. What was German side (East Prussia) is now Russia (Kaliningrad Olast) and what was Russian side is now Lithuania. Very nice gathering of border images you have on your website! I love it!
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