Another german official but this one really showing a place in Germany, in this case, Oldenburg, city in the state of Lower Saxony.
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The yellow building on the card is the Oldenburg Palace.
The site of the splendid Oldenburg palace used to be the
location of a moated castle. The palace as it now stands was built by Count
Anton Günther (1583-1667). From 1607 to 1615 he had the medieval-style castle
converted into a splendid Renaissance-style palace. From then on it served as
the residence of all counts and grand dukes of the city.
The appearance of the palace also changed frequently in the
following centuries. During the period of Danish rule from 1737 to 1753 the
palace underwent a great deal of conversion work: The shape of the roof was
changed, the tower entrance was closed and a main gate was built instead. In
addition a north-east wing was built from 1774 to 1778. It served to house the
Danish governor and minister Friedrich Lewin Graf Holmer. Duke Friedrich August
probably named this wing the "Holmerflügel" after him. His successor Duke Peter
Ludwig had the two-floor "library wing" built and had the inside of the palace
refurbished by the court painter Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829) in a
classicist style. In 1894 the dilapidated "Kanzlei-Flügel" was torn down.
Since 1921 the Oldenburg palace has been part of the Federal State Museum for Art and Art History. - in: http://www.oldenburg.de/sprachversionen/gb/tourist-information/sightseeing-highlights/historic-city-centre.html
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