Kees' photos with the keyword: wessobrunn

Wessobrunn - Römerturm

Wessobrunn - Römerturm

Kees
13 Aug 2007 1 1 397
Wessobrunn

Wessobrunn

Kees
11 Aug 2007 5 403
The ceiling of the church shows scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist.
Wessobrunn - Inside the “Römerturm”

Wessobrunn - Inside the “Römerturm”

Kees
09 Aug 2007 1 715
The “Römerturm” must be the oldest part of the convent . You can’t get far inside, but even at the door opening the temperature was more agreeable than under the burning sun.
Wessobrunn - Fish Pond

Wessobrunn - Fish Pond

Kees
08 Aug 2007 2 6 840
Wessobrunn

Wessobrunn

Kees
23 Jun 2007 243
There are three wellsprings at Wessobrunn, revealed to Duke Tassilo in a dream while he was sleeping beneath a nearby lime tree (as the story has it).
Wessobrunn: Tassilo-Linde

Wessobrunn: Tassilo-Linde

Kees
23 Jun 2007 397
Duke Tassilo III is said to have rested under this lime tree in the year 753. A nice story. I like it better than the sober estimation of the tree as being only 800 years old...