2011-06-14

Innsbruck - Austria

  

Innsbruck - Austria, unused

The antique shops can be a great surprise, this card was found in one of them. It shows a south view of Innsbruck with the Serles Mountain (2719m) and Nockspitze Mountain (2406m).

 "Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. [...] Located in the broad valley between high mountains, the Nordkette (Hafelekar, 2,334 metres (7,657 ft) in the north, Patscherkofel (2,246 metres (7,369 ft)) and Serles (2,718 metres (8,917 ft)) in the south, it is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. It is to host the 1st Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The word bruck comes from the German word Brücke meaning "bridge" which leads to "the bridge over the Inn". In Wikipedia

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