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scene, narrating a story in a theatrical form. The monument thus indicates the transition to the era of High
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was commissioned to create a general design as well as some sculptures. Rauchmiller died in 1686, but his basic conception and three of his angel figures can still be seen on the modern monument.
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vowed to erect a mercy column if the epidemic would end. In the same year, a provisional wooden column made by Johann FrĂĽhwirth was inaugurated, showing the
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