St. Mary - Alte Mainbrücke - Würzburg, Bayern, Germany
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N 49° 47.577 E 009° 55.565
32U E 566653 N 5516021
One of twelve statutes on the Alte Mainbrücke across the Main River in Würzburg.
Waymark Code: WMHNGJ
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 07/27/2013
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Statue of Mary depicted with a circle of stars around her head.
"According to religious tradition, Mary was an Israelite Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee and the mother of Jesus. Among her many other names and titles are the Saint Mary or Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and Virgin Mary in Western churches, Theotokos in Orthodox Christianity, and Maryam, mother of Isa in Islam. She is identified in the New Testament[Mt 1:16,18-25][Lk 1:26-56][2:1-7] and in the Qur'an as the mother of Jesus through divine intervention. Christians hold her son Jesus to be Christ (i.e., the messiah) and God the Son Incarnate, whereas Muslims regard Jesus as the messiah and one of the most important prophets of God sent to mankind."
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