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Jürgen HubertThe interior yard of the <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Fortress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fortress</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Church?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Church</a> at <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Effeltrich?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Effeltrich</a> , now a <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/graveyard?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graveyard</a> .<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Franconia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Franconia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a>
Jürgen HubertThe <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/fortress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fortress</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/church?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> of <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Effeltrich?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Effeltrich</a> .<br> <br> Churches with their own walled compound were not unusual in Germany, since many villages did not have any nearby castles to which they (and their livestock) could flee in case hostile military forces approached. Thus, churches were expanded into their own fortresses.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/MilitaryHistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MilitaryHistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Franconia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Franconia</a>