Caption

A straight forest path surrounded by tall pines (pinus) leads through a quiet, green forest, hiking along the former inner-German border on the green belt near Mitwitz, Franconian Forest nature park Park

Date

Feb 21, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Marco Bunk

Reference

BRK26C18_048

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

27.0Mb (3.3Mb) / 7.7in x 13.7in / 2304 x 4096 (300dpi)

Keywords

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