Gerechtigkeitsspirale | |
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Spiral of justice | |
Artist | Erhart Falckener |
Year | 1510 |
Type | Wood, relief carved |
Location | St. Valentin, Kiedrich, Germany |
50°02′28″N 8°05′05″E / 50.0412°N 8.0847°E |
Gerechtigkeitsspirale (German: "spiral of justice") is a relief carving of a poem at the pilgrimage church of St. Valentin in Kiedrich, in Hesse, Germany. The text is carved in the form of a spiral on the front of one of the pews for the congregation, creating possibly the earliest known shape poem in the German language.[1] The carving is one of several decorative designs on the pews in the church, and was created in 1510 by the master carpenter Erhart Falckener.