1960s Germany Berlin Tiergarten Kongresshalle Aerial Postcard

Title

1960s Germany Berlin Tiergarten Kongresshalle Modern Architecture Aerial View Postcard

Description – Front

Colour aerial photograph of the Kongresshalle (Congress Hall) in Berlin’s Tiergarten district. The building’s distinctive sweeping curved roof dominates the centre, surrounded by landscaped parkland, footpaths, and water features. Small fountains are visible in the ponds near the structure. A red pedestrian path cuts through the greenery, and a bus is parked near the entrance. In the background, dense urban housing blocks, rail lines, and industrial chimneys form the West Berlin skyline, illustrating the contrast between modernist architecture, green spaces, and the post-war city.

Description – Back

Handwritten German message in blue ink covering most of the card on both sides of the address divider.

Handwritten text (German, as written; some words unclear due to handwriting):

Liebe Marianne! Ihre lieben Kinder

und Dir einen herzlichen

Gruß aus Berlin.

Eindrucksvoll wirkt die

Kongreßhalle im Tiergarten,

finden wir.

Leider hatten wir bisher kein

Sommerwetter, aber wir haben

doch schon einiges gesehen.

Die Stadt ist groß und

interessant und bietet viel.

Hoffen wir auf bessere

Tage.

Herzliche Grüße

[Unterschrift unleserlich]

Printed text (left side):

BERLIN

KONGRESSHALLE im Tiergarten

Architekt Hugh A. Stubbins (USA)

Printed text (right side):

FARBFOTO

DEFOT

Druck 2102 C

Vertical centre text:

Kunst und Bild, Berlin-Charlottenburg

Standard postcard address lines on the right side.

Estimated Era

1960s. The Kongresshalle (completed 1957), aerial colour photography, West Berlin publisher marks, and the reference to the architect Hugh A. Stubbins indicate a Cold War–era West Berlin postcard from the 1960s.

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