Christmas bell over snowy village, Heidelberg, 1960

Subjects: Christmas & Santa New Year's
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1960 (Chrome)

Back of Christmas bell over snowy village, Heidelberg, 1960, Mr. & Mrs. HARLAN & JEANE ELMORE, MI, USA, c. 1960 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A German Christmas card shows a large bell with a ribbon hanging from a pine branch above a snow-covered village of gabled roofs and church domes, with stars in a dark night sky. The printed greeting below wishes "Frohe Weihnachten" and good luck in the New Year. Ernst in Heidelberg writes to his daughter Jeane and her husband Harlan, hoping Harlan has good luck hunting and fishing so that Wartraud (likely Waltraud) can cook something good, and notes that Waltraud will come home in June. The message closes with warm greetings and a mention of a ceremony to celebrate.

Postcard Details

Message · German

BRIEF HABEN WIR ERHALTEN. HAT UNS SEHR GEFREUT. WIR FREUEN UNS DASS ES EUCH BEIDEN GUT GEHT, UNS GEHT ES AUCH GUT. WIR WÜNSCHEN EUCH EIN RECHT SCHÖNES BILD AUF DEAR HARLAN, RECHT VIEL GLÜCK AUF DER JAGT AND BEIM FISCHEN, DAMIT WIR WARTRAUD WAS GUTES KOCHEN KANN. UNSER TOCHTER JEANE [illegible] WARTRAUD KRIEGT IM JUNI NACH HAUS. WIR WÜNSCHEN EUCH ALLES GUTE UND AB NACH HAUS! FEIER DIE ZEREMONIE. GRUESSEN EUCH HERZLICH ERNST

PostmarkedHeidelberg, December 18, 1960

Addressed to

Mr. & Mrs. HARLAN & JEANE ELMORE

1937 SCOTTEN AVENUE DETROIT, MI 9

FromErnst Heidelberg, Biergstrasse 4, Heidelberg, Germany

Postcard record

Postmarked	December 18, 1960, Heidelberg
Publisher	.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr. & Mrs. HARLAN & JEANE ELMORE, 1937 SCOTTEN AVENUE, DETROIT, MI, 9
Place sent from	Biergstrasse 4, Heidelberg, Germany
Stamp	20c George Washington, red
Stamp	20pf Heuss
Notes	White border around the image; halftone-printed illustration with gold-printed greeting text; light brown staining and a dark smudge at upper right; slight edge wear. Postmark: HEIDELBERG 18.12.60 (partly legible). Divided-back German Christmas card, white border, matte halftone print; light staining/toning on back; faint printed publisher imprint (Rohrbacher Str. 8, 6900 Heidelberg) along the message/address divider.

Cite this card

Christmas bell over snowy village, Heidelberg, 1960, postcard, c. 1960. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/christmas-bell-over-snowy-village-heidelberg-1960. Accessed November 2, 2026.