Caption

The castle rises on a steep rock above the Zschopau. Within the large group of hilltop castles, it epitomises the type of mountain Spornburg: it is situated on the outermost foothills of a mountain spur surrounded on three sides by the Zschopau in a wide arc

Date

Oct 16, 2005

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK24H62_378

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.2Mb (1.9Mb) / 12.6in x 8.4in / 3780 x 2515 (300dpi)

Keywords

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