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Postcard 1955 Hinterstoder Dietlhölle Austria RPPC Mountain Chapel Mailed
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RPPC · 1955

Postcard 1955 Hinterstoder Dietlhölle Austria RPPC Mountain Chapel Mailed

Hinterstoder, Upper Austria, Austria1955RPPCGood

Tucked into the dramatic gorge of the Dietlhölle ravine near Hinterstoder in Upper Austria's Totes Gebirge range, a small white chapel with a steep pyramidal roof gleams like a beacon amid dark conifers and sheer limestone cliffs — a scene of sublime Alpine isolation that has drawn hikers and pilgrims alike for generations. This genuine silver-gelatin RPPC, numbered 14 in a local series by photographer Franz Dachleitner of Hinterstoder, was mailed on 20 August 1955 from a holidaymaker (writing as "Hinterstoder, 20.8.55") to Herr Josef in Vienna, the message in Austrian German cursive describing mountain walks and weather with the easy warmth of a summer holiday. Two Austrian Republic 50-Groschen regional costume stamps — depicting figures in Vorarlberg Bregenzerwald folk dress — frank the card from the Hinterstoder post office.

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PC-02527 · A. Stefsky, Wien IX / Photo: Franz Dachleitner, Hinterstoder OÖ
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