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Souvenirs from Germany circa 1960's.
Porcelain plate features city of Wetzlar, measures 5 1/2 in, stamped Winterling Bavaria, Germany. (Very collectible porcelain), bright white with blue and lovely gold trim, in excellent condition
The 2 ashtrays are beige with gold accent trim (a bit worn), one features Wiesbaden (spa town, baden means water), the other Rugsburg. Measure 5 1/4 in, sold in set, stamped Johann Haviland, Bavaria
From wiki:
Wiesbaden (German pronunciation: [ˈviːsˌbaːdn̩] (About this sound listen)) is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. In January 2018, it had 289,544 inhabitants,[2] plus approximately 19,000[3] United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area is home to approx. 560,000 people.
The city, together with nearby Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, and Mainz, is part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, a metropolitan area with a combined population of about 5.8 million people.
Wiesbaden is one of the oldest spa towns in Europe. Its name translates to "meadow baths", a reference to the hot springs. It is internationally famous for its architecture, climate (it is also called the "Nice of the North"), and hot springs.[4] At one time, Wiesbaden boasted 26 hot springs. Fourteen of the springs are still flowing today.[5]
In 1970, the town hosted the tenth Hessentag state festival.
The city is considered the tenth richest in Germany (2014) boasting 110.3% of the national average gross domestic product in 2017. The average annual buying power per citizen is €24,783
Augsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ̯ksbʊʁk] (About this sound listen); Austro-Bavarian: Augschburg) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City for over 500 years, and is notable for the Augsburg Confession.
It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is the third-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich and Nuremberg) with a population of 286,000 citizens.[2] After Neuss and Trier, Augsburg is Germany's third oldest city, being founded by the Romans as Augusta Vindelicorum, named after the Roman emperor Augustus.
Augsburg is the only German city with its own legal holiday, the Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest, celebrated on August 8 of every year. This gives Augsburg more legal holidays than any other region or city in Germany.[3]
Augsburg was the home of two patrician families that rose to great prominence internationally, replacing the Medicis as Europe's leading bankers, the Fugger and the Welser families.
Wetzlar is a city located in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is a former free imperial city that owed much of its fame to being the seat of the Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht) of the Holy Roman Empire. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Frame Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of the Taunus. The city is known for its ancient town and its medieval cathedral.
Notable architectural features include the Eisenmarkt and the steep gradients and tightly packed street layout of a medieval town. The sandstone cathedral of St. Mary was commenced in the 12th century as a Romanesque building. In the later Middle Ages the construction was continued under a master plan in Gothic style. The church was never finished, as one steeple still remains uncompleted. The cathedral suffered heavy damage in the Second World War from aerial bombing, but was restored in the 1950s. On the outskirts of town the ruins of several stone towers are to be found, situated along the river.
In 1975, the town hosted the 15th Hessentag state festival, and in 2012 the 62nd.
Materials: porcelain.
