One of my fairly new hobbies is collecting historical postcards. I like to browse at Akpool Postcards, especially for cards in the 1 euro boxes before we go on a trip to a certain area. This is how I learned of the town of Sélestat (German name: Schlettstadt).
After our one night in Strasbourg, we drove on to Sélestat, which is on the way to Colmar and only a 20-minute drive.
This postcard shows St. George Church in Sélestat. Unfortunately, an uncirculated postcard shows no date. My guess is that this photo was taken in the 1930s.
Edit 24 April 2020: One reader just informed me of having the same postcard in black and white, and hers shows the date December 1918. Thanks, Monique.
The same church, as above, from today’s perspective – in 2019.
Construction of this church went on for eight centuries (8th – 15th century).
Choosing your ‘sites to see’ based on historical postcards is very interesting.