Deggendorf (DE)
From Stamps of the World
Deggendorf is a town (33.721 inhabitants end 2019) in Lower Bavaria, capital of the Deggendorf district.
It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The crossing railway bridge situated on the Danube kilometers 2286th forms the natural border to the city about south-east of the Danube, it is the other side at the foot of the central Bavarian Forest. A few miles downstream, near the district Deggenau, the Isar flows into the Danube.
It used stamps issued by the Bavaria (Bayern) State until 1920.
Contents
Germany Bundespost
Codes 94469, 94526 (Lehmberg)
Allied Occupation
German Empire era
Bavaria State era
Until 31 March 1920.
A post office opened around 1830. It used numerals 49 and 77 (after 1866) within a mill wheel (Mühlrad).
Covers