Burgel No. 1 / Bürgel Thalbürgel
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Thalbürgel, Kirche St. Maria und St. Georg, Taufbecken" -- the present font in this church [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2023 by Dguendel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thalbürgel,_Kirche_St._Maria_und_St._Georg,_Taufbecken.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03162BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font
Cognate Fonts: Mettmann, Boishem, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Klosterkirche St. Maria und St. Georg (aka Klosterkirche Thalbürgel ]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary & St. George
Church Notes: abbey church of the Benedictine monastery, Kloster Bürgel); renovated 1964-1972
Church Address: Pfarrbereich, Klosterstraße 23, 07616 Bürgel, Germany -- Tel.: +49 36692 22210
Site Location: Saale-Holzland, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 7, 15-20 km E of Jena
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12 century (?) Tournai square mounted font on a 5-column base with heads at 90-degree angles on the basin sides. [NB: we have no confirmation but assume Enlart's font is/was in the abbey church -- the present font in this church [cf. ImagesArea] does not match Enlart's description].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 693221 5646201
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.935025, 11.750007
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 56′ 6.09″ N, 11° 45′ 0.02″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 777 footnote 3; p. 782 footnote 2