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 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the Virgin Mary's retable in the Herrgottskirche (Church of Our Lord), a masterpiece of woodcarving by Tilman Riemanschneider (1460-1531) depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. The shrine is made of pinewood but the figures are carved in softer limewood. 
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PMR-D6415
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Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the Virgin Mary's retable in the Herrgottskirche

(Church of Our Lord), a masterpiece of woodcarving by Tilman Riemanschneider (1460-1531) depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. The shrine is made of pinewood but the figures are carved in softer limewood.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, gothic, religious, famous, moving, compassion, expressive, artistic