Narva
Narva in the far east of Estonia, on the Baltic and the Russian border, had, like many cities in Livonia, a Hanse community and in the 14th century became a member of the Hanseatic League, on the trade routes to and from Russia.
The card, from Jarek, shows Hermann Castle, founded as a wooden fortress in 1256 by the Danes, first built in stone in the early 14th century, and sold to the Teutonic knights in 1346, who rebuilt it too. The city was largely destroyed in WW2.
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