Friday, March 22, 2019

GERMANY ~ Edersee map - Kellerwald-Edersee National Park ~

... Great detailed cartoon map card... with the most adorable stamp and special postmark😍... even though only parts of the National Parks border region are included on the map I'm gonna ad it to my NP collection... the destination for active holidays and water-based fun... you can go for a a walk on the Dam... the cute stamp shows "Gruffalo" from a children's book by author Julia Donaldson... first published in 1999 and continues to be a popular read aloud.... the illustrations by Axel Scheffler are filled with bold color, detail and appealing characters... the Gruffalo is the story of a clever mouse, three large animals that want to eat him and an imaginary monster, a Gruffalo, who turns out to be only too real...to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Gruffalo the German Post issued this lovely stamp... Thanks a lot Dustin!!¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Edersee is an 11.8 km² reservoir in Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse with 199.3 million m³ of storage space. It has the 2nd largest area, and the 3rd largest volume, of all reservoirs in Germany. It is located on the Fulda Tributary of Eder behind the 48m high Edersee Dam.

The Edersee Dam is a hydroelectric dam constructed between 1908 to 1914 across the Eder river. The dam is primarily used hydroelectric power generation and to regulate water levels for shipping on the Weser river.

Lake Edersee is surrounded by more than 50 hills, which are covered by a sea of beech trees covering almost 6,000 hectares.

Stamp:

Children's Books - The 20th Anniversary of The Gruffalo
(Issued 01-03-2019)

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