Caption

The late Gothic cloister of the Hirsau monastery ruins, a former important Benedictine abbey in the Nagold Valley in the northern Black Forest, Hirsau, Calw, Black Forest, Germany

Date

Apr 24, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Markus Keller

Reference

BRK26H58_419

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

69.8Mb (23.3Mb) / 20.2in x 13.4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

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