Marketplace on Soborna Square
This early photo shows the northwestern corner of the Austriaplatz (P. Ghica Voda, Soborna pl.) Is the highest elevation in downtown Chernivtsi (225 m) and one…
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Market on Central Square
The photo shows the corner of the Ringplatz (Piata Unirii, Central Square) and Russische Gasse (Str. Romana, vul. Ruska).…
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Postal service
This rare photo shows three streets in downtown Chernivtsi: the street where the postmen empty the letter box is Stefaniegasse (Str. Eminescu, vul. Gorkogo)…
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Horse carriage on Goethe Str.
On this early photo, there are still no houses on the corner of Goethegasse (Str. Goethe, vul. Gete) and Rotkirchgasse (Str. Gramada, vul. Lysenka).…
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Construction work on Goethe Str.
The photo shows construction works going on in Goethegasse (Str. Goethe, vul. Gete). According to city maps of the time, no houses stood on the right side of…
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Market on Theatre Square
The photo shows a market on Theatre Square. The street on the right side is Senkovic Strasse (Str. General Zadic, vul. Vatutina), in the distance the Jewish…
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Market on Sadova Str.
The photo shows a market, most likely for livestock, on Erzherzog Eugen Gasse (Str. Viteazu, vul. Sadowa) in front of Erzherzog Eugen Kaserne (Archduke Eugen…
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View of the Market on Sadova Str.
The photo shows a market on Erzherzog Eugen Gasse (Str. Viteazu, vul. Sadowa) in front of the Erzherzog Albrecht Kaserne (Archduke Albrecht Barracks). The…
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Religious procession on Holovna Str.
The photo shows the Siebenbürgerstrasse (Str. Stefan cel Mare, vul. Holovna) at the junction with Rathausstrasse (Str. Regina Maria, vul. Cherwonoarmijska) on…
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Houses on Holovna Str.
The photo shows houses in Siebenbürgerstrasse (Str. Stefan cel Mare, vul. Holovna) next to the junction with Rathausstrasse (Str. Regina Maria, vul.…
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Sawmill
The photo shows the Dampfbrettsäge (steam operated saw mill) located on an open field next to the river Pruth.…
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Military Barracks
The postcard shows the Kavalleriekaserne (barracks of the cavalry). They were built in 1896 in Siebenbürgerstrasse (Str. Transilvaniei, vul. Holovna), south of…
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Police Headquaters
It was only during the term of office of the Landespräsident (Govenor) Oktavian von Bleyleben (1904-1911) that Chernivtsi got its own federal police force.…
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Former Protestant Church
The photo shows the church of the Lutheran Protestant community, built in 1849 by the architect J.Engels. Ethnically most Protestants in Chernivtsi were…
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Water Tower
The photo shows the water tower in Bahnhofstrasse (Str. Bratianu, vul. Gagarina) opposite of the main railway station. It was destroyed during the First World…
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