Gerechtigkeitsspirale

Gerechtigkeitsspirale
Spiral of justice
ArtistErhart Falckener
Year1510 (1510)
TypeWood, relief carved
LocationSt. Valentin, Kiedrich, Germany
Coordinates50°02′28″N 8°05′05″E / 50.0412°N 8.0847°E / 50.0412; 8.0847

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.

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