Public Bath in the River Pruth
The photo shows the Städtisches Flußbad (public bath in the river Pruth), a popular municipal sports and recreation place in Chernivtsi until World War Two.…
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Unification Monument
The photo shows the Monument for the Unification of the Bukowina with Romania (Monumentul Unirei, Vereinigungsdenkmal) on the Central Square in Chernivtsi. The…
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Central Square with Unification Monument
The photo shows the Piata Unirii (Central Square, Ringplatz) in Chernivtsi with the Monumentul Unirei (Monument for the Unification of the Bukowina with…
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Former House of the Doctor’s Union of the Bukovina
The photo shows the house of the Verein der Ärtzte der Bukowina (House of the Medical Doctor’s Union of the Buovina). It was built in 1907 on the corner of…
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Town Hall and High School № 1
The photo, taken before 1907, shows Liliengasse (Strada Brancoveanu, Ivan Franko Street) in Chernivtsi.…
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Old Theatre Building
The photo shows the building of the old Theatre. Opened in 1878, it was the first proper stationary stage building in town. Until then, performances took place…
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Philharmonic Square
The square then called Mehlplatz (Flour square) was renamed Rudolfsplatz in 1880 after Archduke Rudolf, the heir to the Habsburg throne. The reason for this…
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Old Theatre Building
The photo shows the building of the old Theatre. Opened in 1878, it was the first proper stationary stage building in town. Until then, performances took place…
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Former Hotel Bristol
When the Hotel Bristol was opened in 1906, the square it was located on was officially called Rudolfsplatz, named in 1880 after Archduke Rudolf, the heir to…
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Philharmonic Square and Building
The square then called Mehlplatz (Flour square) was renamed Rudolfsplatz in 1880 after Archduke Rudolf, the heir to the Habsburg throne. It always was a market…
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Philharmonic Building
The Verein zur Förderung der Tonkunst in der Bukowina (Assatiation for the Promotion of Music) had a new concert hall built on the Rudolfsplatz, then still…
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Former Main Guardhouse
The building of the Hauptwache (Main guardhouse) was one of the first stone buildings in town. It was first built in 1784 and rebuilt in classicist style after…
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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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Central Square with Town Hall
The photo shows the Ringplatz (after the Polish “Rynek”) in Chernivtsi, called Piata Unirii in the Romanian times, Red Square in Soviet times and Central…
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Entrance to Olga Kobylianska Street
The postcard shows the view from the Ringplatz (Central square) into the Herrengasse (Strada Jancu Flondor), the most fancy boulevard of the city, today named…
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