Caption

Effeltrich, fortified church of St George. The fortified church was built at the end of the 15th century as a fortified church after Nuremberg troops robbed the town twice. With its approx. 200 metre long wall, four towers and the battlements on the south side, Effeltrich has the best preserved fortified church in Upper Franconia

Date

May 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK24A40_267

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38,3Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,0in x 11,5in / 3888 x 3439 (300dpi)

Keywords

15th c. 15th century 2 4 200 Bavaria Bayern Belfry Bell tower Bell-tower Castell Castelo Central Europe Christian Christianity Church building Clock tower Europe Europe's Famous Place Fort castle Franconia Franconian Switzerland Fraenkische Schweiz German God's house In the middle ages Middle Ages Middle Europe Middle Franconian No People Nuremberg Sacral building South Germany Southern Germany Upper Franconia aisle architecture attraction attractions battlement battlement walk battlement walks bell towers big bunch of burial ground burial site burial sites castle castles cemeteries cemetery church church castle church tower church towers churches conserved corpse corridor corridors cultural monument cultural monuments dead bodies dead body defence defence work defence works defense defense facility defensive fortification defensive work deserted double empty end ends enormous final resting place fortification fortifications fortress fortresses four giant gigantic grave gravesite gravesites gravestone graveyard great grief headstone historic historical house of worship huge landmark large last resting place last resting places long massive mediaeval medieval meter meters metre mourn mourning multiple no one nobody parish church parish churches passage place place of interest preserved religion religions religious building resting place sacral building sacred building several sight south side spot steeple tomb tomb group tombstone tombstones tourist attraction tourist attractions tourist landmark tower towers town travel photography troop troops twice two two hundred two-time uninhabited village walkway wall walls FRG German Federal Republic Germany Middle Franconia Mittelfranken Republic of Germany building buildings clerical construction ecclesial ecclesiastical fortified church fortified churches structure