Illschwang fortified church
The fortified church Illschwang is a largely preserved fortified church (cemetery fortification) and today's simultaneous parish church of St. Veit in Illschwang (house no. 30) in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria .
The medieval fortification was mentioned in 1109 and destroyed in the Thirty Years War . The nave was extended in the 18th century, the tower and the choir walls are Romanesque . The cemetery with fortification wall and gate tower has been preserved.
literature
- Sixtus Lampl: Upper Palatinate (= monuments in Bavaria - ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments . Volume III ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52394-5 .
Web links
Commons : St. Vitus (Illschwang) - Collection of images
- Entry on Illschwang, St. Veit in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '54.6 " N , 11 ° 41' 4.7" E