Ludwig von Beethoven was a German musician, composer and director, who lived from 1770 to 1827.
The used image is obviously a copy of the portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler from 1820.

Thüringen is a German state in the heart of the country. The state was created in 1920, when 7 small former monarchies were united.

The Schwarzwald is the largest woodland in Germany. It's an area in the Baden-Württemberg state, with the Swiss border in the south and the French border, along the river Rhine, in the west.

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher, who lived from 1724 - 1804, and is regarded as one of the fathers of the modern rational philosophy.

Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) is nowadays one of the 7 regions of Bavaria. It once was a Duchy in the 14th century and the region is located southeast of Munich, bordering with Austria.

Albrecht Dürer (the younger), lived from 1471 - 1528, and was during his time the most important German artist. He was a painter and graphic artist, but also a mathematician and art theorist.

Spreewald is a small region of the German state Brandenburg, close to the Polish border. It's a woodsy moorland around the river Spree and its branches.

Apparently this deck was considered to be a rare one, as some cards also appear on a sheet of German stamps with other antique or rare German decks.

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