Lauterbourg
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03781LAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église de la Sainte-Trinité de Lauterbourg [although the font comes from an earlier church]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: The present church is from the 15th century.
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 67630 Lauterbourg, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D468, at the confuence of the Rhin and Lauter rivers, right by the German border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Font Notes:
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The hemispheric basin of this font is dated by the source (Le Patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, 1999, v. 1, p. 562) to the 13th century and is said to have come from the earlier church of which only the base of the bell tower survived. The basin has ribbed motif covering all of the sides and underbowl. The rounded column base, which has two volumes of fluted design separated by a torus in the middle, is of later date, as are the minuscule square plinth and the domed lid resembling a Jell-O pudding topped by a cross finial.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 439846 5425005
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.975027, 8.177991
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 58′ 30.1″ N, 8° 10′ 40.77″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (pink)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hemispheric
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 562