C. 1900 – A postcard shows a policeman with his dog posing at the Kirchen Straße in front of the old Lutheran Church St. Johannes in Kiel-Gaarden, Germany. Photo published by Carl Berens, Gaarden
The story behind the image
This historic postcard shows the old Lutheran St. Johannes Church in Kiel-Gaarden, Germany. This postcard was never sent and does not carry a date, but I did a bit of research and found the same card – and that one was sent in September 1900. So we can accurately date the image as “before or in 1900”.
The church was located at the Kirchen Straße, and both the church and the street were destroyed in 1943 during a severe air raid. This is not a big surprise because the wharf with its horrible military focus was just a stonethrow away from the church.
It was the first church in Gaarden, consecrated on November 2, 1883 with a sermon by Chief Pastor Gosch. The street was renamed after him in 1901. In 1961, the new St. Johannes church opened its doors, and the footpath next to the church was named Pastor-Gosch-Weg.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1900 |
| Publisher | Carl Berens |
| Location | Kiel-Gaarden, Germany |
| Image Source | 8.9 x 13.2 cm postcard |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3705 x 4839 Pixels |
| Copyright | Photo © Carl Berens, Gaarden Scan © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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