The Honeymoon of James and Sarah
 
Cloisters
 
We ended up making an impromptu tour of three old cloisters: Alpirsbach, Hirsau (ruined), and Maulbronn.  Here’s the first two.
 
Alpirsbach: Kloster on left
Alpirsback cloister exterior
Romanesque pillar capital, Alpirsbach klosterkirch
Romanesque pillar capital, Alpirsbach klosterkirch
Alpirsbach cloister courtyard
Alpirsbach dormatory
Alpirsbach dorm room
Alpirsbach dorm room
Alpirsbach courtyard
Alpirsbach church, from courtyard
Romanesque window framing, Alpirsbach
Alpirsbach arms
Alpirsbach ceiling
Alpirsbach pillar cap, 11th c.
Ruins at Hirsau: Refectory towards cloister
Hirsau clocktower
Hirsau kitchens, with two ovens
Hirsau hunting lodge
Hirsau hunting lodge out-tower
Hirsau summer refectory
Hirsau hunting lodge
Hirsau church tower, in distance
Hirsau cloister windows
Hirsau doorway
Hirsau clock tower over courtyard wall
Hirsau doorway to the old nunnery
Hirsau: the wooden door survives. The stone wall doesn't.
Hirsau main chapel ruins
Hirsau chapel close-up
Hirsau transept ruins- note pillar foundations
Hirsau church exterior wall and alley
Hirsau altarway and chapel
Hirsau's old altar
North side doorway in Hirsau church ruins
Open yard north of Hirsau church ruins, with gravestones
Small chapel at Hirsau
Small chapel at Hirsau
South side door at Hirsau church ruins
Hirsau church tower, with ruined tower at left
Hirsau clock tower
Hirsau alleyway
Hirsau church tower detail
Hirsau church towers
Interior of ruined church tower at Hirsau
Hirsau fountain
Hirsau church tower detail
Hirsau church tower detail
Open yard north of Hirsau church ruins
Holly takes over a tree!
Hirsau, where the church door used to be
Hirsau clock tower
Hirsau hunting lodge exterior
Hirsau hunting lodge exterior
Hirsau hunting lodge interior
Hirsau hunting lodge floorplan
Hirsau, from the hunting lodge
Hirsau clock tower details