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Greifswald - Eldena Monastery

Ruins in sunset light. The Eldena Monastery dates to 1199, but was severely damaged in the Thirty Years' War. From that onwards decay ruled the place - the fact that the citizens of Greifswald used the ruins as a bricks quarry didn't help either...

 

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Uploaded on February 10, 2021
Taken on April 25, 2019