St. Lorenz
Unlike the other churches in the area, photography wasn't allowed inside St. Lorenz, otherwise I would have come away with a million photos. So in lieu of taking photos of all the beautiful stained-glass windows, statues of saints and so on, I looked at the symbols carved into pillars. They were about the size of an index finger and some of them appeared multiple times along the sides of a single pillar or on multiple pillars. I made note of each symbol's appearance in my notebook, and in one case, got a rubbing of one. I started to notice that some appeared more often in certain areas, and that different symbols appeared in the rear of the church as opposed to the front areas by the pew. My guess is that they were put there by the masons, and perhaps construction was done over the course of more than one generation (hence the different symbols). I would have liked to have stuck around to make more notes, but at some point my mom had to drag me away to the German National Museum. Hmph.
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Sounds so cool, I'd love to visit one day. :)
  
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that's really something... great shot & info
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amazing. love the brick work!
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This reminds me of my youthful days in Germany. Hanging out with the girls and taking rubbings. Never went in any of the churches, though.
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sounds all very da vinci code - ish. youll have to let us know if you manage to work out what they mean
 
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