Maria Laach AbbeyFounder's Monument (1270)
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Monument with larger-than-life effigy (gisant) of Pfalzgraf Heinrich II, who founded the abbey in 1093. The monument dates from 1270 and was originally placed in the center of the nave; it was moved to the west choir as part of a Baroque renovation around 1700.
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