The Town Hall on the Central Square
The postcars shows the Town Hall on the Central Square. Chernivtsi was made the capital of the Bukowina after the annexation by Austria in 1775 and granted the…
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Theatre Building
Theatre preformances took place in restaurants and hotels until a first theatre was built in Chernivtsi in 1877 in the lower parts of town. In 1905 a new…
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Jewish Temple
On the crossroad of several streets in the city center, just steps away from the Ringplatz (Central Square) a Choral Temple was built between 1873 and 1877 in…
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Church of the Heart of Jesus
The postcards shows the Roman Catholic Herz Jesu Kirche (Church of the Heart of Jesus) and the residential building for the clergy built by the Jesuits between…
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Paraskeva Church
Greek-Catholic Church of the Holy Paraskeva on the corner of Enzenberg Hauptstrasse and Hormuzakigasse (at the time Strada Regele Ferdinand and Strada…
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Entrance Gate to the Chernivtsi University
The postcard shows a part of the building and the entrance gate to the inner courtyard of the Residence of the Greek-Orthodox Bishop in Chernivtsi. From 1873…
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View of the City
The postcard shows the Residence of the Greek-Orthodox Bishop in Chernivtsi. From 1873 on he was the Metropolitan of the Bukowina and Dalmatia, being the head…
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The Main Festive Hall of the Chernivtsi University
The postcard shows a part of the building of the Residence of the Greek-Orthodox Bishop in Chernivtsi. From 1873 on he was the Metropolitan of the Bukowina and…
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Panoramic View of the City from the Weinberggasse
Panoramic view of Chernivtsi from the Northeast, most likely the photo was taken from the Weinberggasse. In front and to the right the older parts of the city…
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Holovna Street
The postcard shows a section of the Siebenbürgerstraße between its beginning at Rathaus Strasse (to be seen in the back of the photo) and the Franz Josefs Park…
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Former Academy for the Education of Teachers
The postcard shows the Lehrer- und Lehrerinnenbildungsanstalt (Academy for the education of teachers) on the corner of Dreifaltigkeitsgasse and Stefaniegasse.…
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Town Hall
The postcars shows the Town Hall on the Ringplatz (Central Square). Chernivtsi was made the capital of the Bukowina after the annexation by Austria in 1775 and…
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Former Catholic Orphanage
The postcards shows the former Catholic Orphanage in Chernivtsi. It was called ‘Josefinum’, situated in 28-ho Tschervnja Street, former Franzensgasse or Strada…
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The Corner between Holovna and Scholom Aleichema Streets
The postcard shows the junction of Enzenberg Hauptstrasse (left, today vul. Holovna) and Judengasse (right, today vul. Scholom Aleichema). In 1880 the street…
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Regional Hospital
The postcard shows the Landeskrankenanstalt (Public provincial hospital) opened in 1886 on Siebenbürgerstrasse (Holovna Street) opposite of the Volksgarten…
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