The postcard shows the corner of Siebenbürger Strasse (Str. Stefan cel Mare, vul. Holovna) and Austriaplatz (Piata Ghica Voda, Soborna Pl.).<br />

This street is part of the main North-South axes of the town, originally called Lemberger Strasse. Its the oldest and most important road in the Bukowina, the so called “Reichsstraße” (Imperial Road) coming from Lviv (Lemberg) in the north, going towards the southern Bukowina to Suceava (Suczawa) and from there westwards ascross the Carpathian mountains into Siebenbürgen (Transylvania).<br />

The trees on the left edge of the postcard belong to the Franz Josefs Park which was part of the Austria Platz. On the corner the shop of Jacob Buchbinder: Kurz-, Wirk- und Nürnbergerwarenhandlung (haberdashery).<br /><em>Helmut Kusdat</em>