Caption

Buch Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery that was founded as St Mary's Monastery in the 12th century. After the Reformation, it and its land became a purely agricultural business

Date

May 06, 2008

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK24I86_144

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.2Mb (2.9Mb) / 12.6in x 8.4in / 3780 x 2515 (300dpi)

Keywords

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