Caption

DEU Saxony Klosterbuch Klosterschmiede Schauschmieden Buch Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery founded as St. Mary's Monastery in the 12th century. After the Reformation, it and its lands became a purely agricultural enterprise

Date

Jun 15, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK25B62_198

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

23,9Mb (2,0Mb) / 11,8in x 7,9in / 3543 x 2362 (300dpi)

Keywords

ruin ruins Ruined building Ruined buildings abbey abbeys church churches Church building Kirche building buildings structure construction constructions sacral building sacred building religious building religious buildings architecture architecture agriculture farming agriculture Saxony Sachsen State of Saxony German Europe Europe's Cistercian monastery Cistercian monasteries historic historical historically agricultural agrarian farming agriculturally history of architecture history of architecture ramshackle run-down dilapidated decayed marooned derelict rundown rundown deteriorated Middle Ages Middle Ages In the middle ages medieval old oldest business businesses enterprise East Germany Eastern Germany reformation reformation former formerly medieval mediaeval Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD one person 1 person single person church history ecclesiastical history church history Cistercian abbey Cistercian abbeys Cistercian monastery Cistercian monasteries St. Mary's Church St Mary's Church Marienkirche St. Marien St. Mary's St. Mary Central Europe Middle Europe 12th century monastery monasteries cloister Monastery Monastery facilities monastery complex Monastery complexes