Leverkusen (DE)
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf.
With about 161,000 inhabitants, Leverkusen is one of the state's smaller cities. The city is known for the pharmaceutical company Bayer and its associated sports club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
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Postmark Examples
![]() 5th Jazzdays Leverkusen 6-14 Oct 1984, 8 Oct 1984 |
![]() 6th Jazzdays Leverkusen 5-13 Oct 1985, 7 Oct 1985 |
![]() 7th Jazzdays Leverkusen 25 Oct - 2 Nov 1986, 1 Oct 1986 |
![]() 8th Jazzdays Leverkusen 24 Oct - 2 Nov 1987, 6 Oct 1987 |
![]() 9th Jazzdays Leverkusen 14-23 Oct 1988, 21 Oct 1988 |
![]() 10th Jazzdays Leverkusen 6-15 Oct 1989, 9 Sep 1989 |
![]() Jazzdays Leverkusen 5-14 Oct 1990, 9 Sep 1990 |
![]() Jazzdays Leverkusen 16-25 Oct 1992, 21 Oct 1992 |
Meter cancels
![]() Jazzdays Leverkusen 16-25 Oct 1992 |
Allied Occupied Germany
Leverkusen belonged to RPD Düsseldorf, PLZ 22a, in the British Zone of occupation. Leverkusen I.G. Werk is listed as belonging to RPD 22b Köln by Arge AM Post and later, ca.1949, PLZ 22c.
Viersen is a town (75,058 inhabitants end 2014, up to 76,905 end 2018), seat of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically, in the Rhineland province of Prussia. Viersen is made up of 3 (formerly independent) towns: Süchteln, Dülken and Viersen, which combined in 1970, and one former village, Boisheim, which combined with Viersen in 1968.
Postmarks in Germany
Postal codes 41747–41751
Meter Marks
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm01.jpg International Jazz Festival Viersen 29-31 Aug 1988, 16 Aug 1988 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm05.jpg International Jazz Fest Viersen '89, 27 Jul 1989 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm06.jpg International Jazz Festival Viersen 20-22 Sep 1991, 16 Sep 1991 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm07.jpg International Jazz Festival Viersen 18-20 Sep 1992, 15 Sep 1992 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm08.jpg International Jazz Festival Viersen 15-16 Sep 1995, 18 Jul 1995 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm02.jpg 10th International Jazz Festival Viersen 20-21 Sep 1996, 26 Aug 1996 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm09.jpg 11th International Jazz Festival Viersen 19-20 Sep 1997, 21 Jul 1997 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm10.jpg 12th International Jazz Festival Viersen 18-19 Sep 1998, 3 Jul 1998 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm11.jpg 13th International Jazz Festival Viersen 17-18 Sep 1999, 9 Aug 1999 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm12.jpg 14th International Jazz Festival Viersen 15-16 Sep 2000, 15 Jun 2000 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm13.jpg 15th International Jazz Festival Viersen 14-15 Sep 2001, 2 Jul 2001 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm14.jpg 15th International Jazz Festival Viersen 14-15 Sep 2001, 22 Aug 2001 |
File:Leverkusen (DE) mm03.jpg 17th International Jazz Festival Viersen, 28 Jul 2003 |
Postmarks in German Reich
File:Leverkusen (DE) DRRH b.jpg Bridge type cancel of 1922. |
DÜLKEN
File:Leverkusen (DE) Dülken DRRH a.jpg Circle in 1889. |
Cards
File:Leverkusen (DE) DRRH a.jpg Viersen postally used card File:Leverkusen (DE) DRRH a pc.jpg Cancel of 1923 on post-WWI inflation stamp |
Postmarks in North German Confederation (1868-1871)
File:Leverkusen (DE) NPB b.jpg Prussian DC VIERSEN in 1871. |
Postmarks in Prussia Rhineland province
The DÜLKEN post office used a code 352, Kreis Kempen, district of Düsseldorf. The SUECHTELN post office used a code 1467, Kreis Kempen. The VIERSEN post office used a code 1549, Kreis Gladbach, district of Düsseldorf. The BOISHEIM post office opened in 1854, used a code 1607, Kreis Kempen.
File:Leverkusen (DE) PRRH b.jpg Frame on a 1862 Postal stationery. |