Color lithograph postcard of Veste Coburg, the massive medieval fortress crowning a forested hill above Coburg, Germany, with an inset view of its Eingangsthor (entrance gate tower). One of Germany's largest surviving castles, Veste Coburg is best known as the refuge where Martin Luther sheltered for several months in 1530 during the Diet of Augsburg, translating scripture and composing hymns in the room still known as the Lutherzimmer. A correspondent writing from Coburg in 1903 described the castle to a friend — "Mademoiselle" — in Brăila, Romania, noting that it was the old castle of the local duke and that "our Reformer Luther stayed there for some time."

• Caption: "Veste Coburg" (inset: "Eingangsthor")
• Postmark: Brăila, Romania, October 1903
• Status: Posted