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Postcard c1980 Loreley am Rhein Germany Engraving Sailing Rhine River Gorge
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Chrome · 1995

Postcard c1980 Loreley am Rhein Germany Engraving Sailing Rhine River Gorge

Loreley, Rhine Gorge, Germany1995ChromeExcellent

Billowing white sails glide through the legendary narrows of the Rhine Gorge beneath towering white cliffs in this richly colored reproduction of a 19th-century engraving — the scene immortalized by Heinrich Heine's poem "Die Loreley," printed in full English translation directly on the card's face, complete with a musical staff bearing the famous melody. The Loreley rock, that mythic hazard where a golden-haired siren was said to lure boatmen to their doom, has been one of Germany's most enduring tourist icons since the Romantic era, and this card — published by Rahmel-Verlag GmbH of Pulheim (catalog no. RH 673) — captures the classic engraved aesthetic with warm hand-colored tones that evoke 19th-century travel lithography. The reverse is entirely unused, cleanly formatted for modern postcard use. A charming souvenir-quality collector piece bridging Romantic-era art and late 20th-century Rhine tourism.

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PC-05031 · Rahmel-Verlag GmbH, Pulheim, Germany
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