Ampfurth
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view of church exterior - east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ampfurth, denkmalgeschützte Kirche"
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Image Source: digital photograph 20 May 2018 by Global Fish [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ampfurth_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2024]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Ein schlichter Taufstein aus dem Jahre 1570"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stadt Oschersleben, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph in Stadt Oschersleben [https://www.oscherslebenbode.de/Home/Bürger-Stadt/Bürger/Fundsachen/Christuskirche-Ampfurth.php?object=tx,2962.1.1&ModID=9&FID=2962.126.1&NavID=2962.118&La=1] [accessed 19 April 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02297AMP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1570
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche Christuskirche Ampfurth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: late-Gothic 15thC church; modified 16thC; re-built early-17thC
Church Address: Zu den Teichen 3a, Ampfurth, 39387 Oschersleben, Germany
Site Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L102 [aka Alte Schermcker Str.], in the municipality and 8-9 km NE of Oschersleben, 20-22 km W of Magdeburg
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Stadt Oschersleben [https://www.oscherslebenbode.de/Home/Bürger-Stadt/Bürger/Fundsachen/Christuskirche-Ampfurth.php?object=tx,2962.1.1&ModID=9&FID=2962.126.1&NavID=2962.118&La=1] [accessed 19 April 2024] notes and illustrates its simple font of 1570 ["Ein schlichter Taufstein aus dem Jahre 1570"].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 658644 5770645
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.063648, 11.314332
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 3′ 49.13″ N, 11° 18′ 51.59″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round