Swamp Mail
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
N 51° 51.749 E 013° 59.007
33U E 430000 N 5746231
Mail boxes for mail delivered by boat
Waymark Code: WM3BWM
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 03/11/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Neuromancer2K4
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Yes, those are really mail boxes and yes, this really is a post office. The location is the village of Lehde in the heart of the German Spreewald Delta, a remote wetland with 800 miles of channels. Only a few places (like the post office) have a road connection, most of the area is accessible only by boat and everything, including the mail is transported in punts.

The main coordinates are for the featured picture, but if you take a boat tour, you can find those neat water-mail boxes pretty much everywhere.

Postal worker Jutta Pudenz has been delivering mail in Lehde for the last 17 years, punting 6 miles every day, rain or shine. She recently retired and the job was taken over by a new mail carrier named Andrea Bunar. Her unique job has been covered in countless magazine and internet articles, we even found one in English: click HERE.

Date of visit: 08/01/2007
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