Caption

Schönfels Castle with the newly renovated keep (castle tower) . Schönfels Castle is a typical hilltop castle at 393 m above sea level in the Schönfels district of the municipality of Lichtentanne in the Saxon district of Zwickau. It was built on a spur of diabase rock in the 12th century as the centre of a medieval colonisation and feudal seat

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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BRK24F08_089

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No

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Rights managed

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34,2Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,3in x 10,0in / 3992 x 2992 (300dpi)

Keywords

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