Your Bike in front of a Church

[tyred]

Alloway auld Kirk

 

[Willd]

St James, Edgcote

 

[Andy in Germany]

Bus stop with a view, Hochburg, Freiamt, Black Forest.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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Bus stop with a view, Hochburg, Freiamt, Black Forest.

Lovely 360° view but where's the church?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Lovely 360° view but where's the church?

There's probably one in there somewhere, however, here's the picture I was intending for this thread, with an extra to make up for it:

Approaching the Marienkappelle in Tennenbach.

Closer view. This is almost all that remains of a former monastery which covered most of this area.

 

[Oldhippy]

What happened to it @Andy in Germany ?

 

[Andy in Germany]

According to the information board the monastery was destroyed and rebuilt several times and eventually secularised in 1806 when the region stopped being part of Austria and became part of Baden. After this in 1813-1815 it was used as a hospital for soldiers with Plague, Dysentery, and Typhus; there's a mass grave containing 1500 soldiers, apparently very near the memorial I photographed for soldiers from Baden Napoleon conscripted and sent to Moscow.
The Monastery was demolished from 1829, (apparently the church is now the "Ludwigskirche" in Freiburg so I'll try and find that some time) and in 1836 the remaining residents were forced to relocate to local villages and the rest was finally destroyed, apart from this chapel and the former canteen which is now a guest house a few hundred metres away.

 

[tyred]

Don't know what this is called but it looks to be no longer in service.

 

[Alex321]

A church in the distance (St Mary's of St Mary Hill I believe).

 

[Alex321]

And Llysworney church

 

[siadwell]

St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath

The church is the only part left of the village of Lowfield Heath that was swallowed up by the expansion of Gatwick Airport and now stands alone in the middle of a scruffy industrial estate.

 

[matticus]

St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath

The church is the only part of the village of Lowfield Heath that was swallowed up by the expansion of Gatwick Airport and now stands alone in the middle of a scruffy industrial estate.

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In many ways sad ... but at least they left the church, and maybe the estate workers benefit from somewhere peaceful to eat their lunch, stroll, or even seek spiritual solace.

 

[tyred]

 

[Andy in Germany]

In front of St JohannesOhnemus, Schuttertal, Black Forest.

 

[Oldhippy]