Chur No. 1 / Coira / Coire

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view of church exterior in context - east view

Source caption: "Chur: St. Martin"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chur: St. Martin"
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "St. Martin Chur innen" -- showing the chancel with mid-17thC black-granite baptismal font in the centre of the image
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin Chur innen" -- showing the chancel with mid-17thC black-granite baptismal font in the centre of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adrian Michael, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 20 February 2010 by Adrian Michael [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Martin_Chur_innen.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2024]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 03159CHU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-reformierte Martinskirche zu Chur
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Martinsplatz / Kirchgasse 12, 7000 Chur, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Graubünden
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 3 [aka Grabenstrasse], on he N bank of the Plessurquai, in the medieval centre of Chur, 10-12 km S of Landquart
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistums Chur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1665
Century and Period: 17th century(mid)
Church Notes: Carolingian church here first mentioned ca. 800; documented 928;, 1070, 1220; damaged 1464; restored 1481; Reformed 1535, late-Gothic; renovated 1917-1918
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Swiss Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinskirche_(Chur)] [accessed 18 August 2024] mentions a baptismal font made of Ragaz granite and dated 1665 in the chancel: "Die Orgel wurde von der Empore in den Chor versetzt. Davor steht der Taufstein [...] Der Taufstein aus schwarzem, weiss geädertem Ragazer Granit stammt aus dem Jahr 1665. Die Kanzel besteht aus verschiedenen Hölzern und zeigt das Datum 1558. Das eichene Chorgestühl stammt aus dem letzten Jahrzehnt des 15. Jahrhunderts und wird der Werkstatt von Jakob Russ zugeschrieben, der möglicherweise auch das St. Martinsrelief am Turm schuf." The entry for this church in Reformierte Kirche Chur [https://chur-reformiert.ch/geschichtliches-und-bauliches-zur-martinskirche/] [accessed 18 August 2024] mentions a font that was erected in 1685 ["der Taufstein 1685 aufgestellt"].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.84816, 9.532746
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 50′ 53.38″ N, 9° 31′ 57.89″ E
UTM: 32T 540617 5188429

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (black granite from Ragaz)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round