Caption

The Broicher Schlagd, a former mill weir in the Ruhr near Mülheim an der Ruhr, was once used to dam up the Ruhr to utilise the water power, today a kind of biotope in the middle of the river, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

May 28, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24I29_026

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

172,3Mb (12,1Mb) / 31,7in x 21,1in / 9504 x 6336 (300dpi)

Keywords

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