Veste Coburg Furstenbau Thuringia Germany – Historic Photograph Print
![Veste Coburg Furstenbau Thuringia Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4c40a059174b-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Veste Coburg Furstenbau Thuringia Germany. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Veste Coburg Furstenbau Thuringia Germany
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Few German fortresses rise as dramatically as the Veste Coburg, and this view centers on the Fürstenbau, the princely residential wing within the hilltop complex. The fortress overlooks the town of Coburg, which lies in Bavaria near the border with Thuringia, and its origins reach back to the medieval period. Martin Luther lodged there for several months in 1530 while the Diet of Augsburg was in session, and he remained at the castle rather than traveling to the city itself. This print was made by the Detroit Publishing Company using the photochrom process, which relied on Swiss-produced color plates, and it shows the site as visitors of the 1890s would have known it.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Print no. 17508. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,675 × 2,748 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 4595_Veste_Coburg_Furstenbau_1890.tif-01148u |
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