Hengwiller

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03788HEN
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capitals, Romanesque
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [another such in the same church?]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Joseph (orig. from the ancient convent at Obersteigen)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Joseph
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the ancient convent at Obersteigen
Church Notes: The church is said to have been built in 1830 on the site of an abandoned Protestant cemetery, re-using the stones from the old convent at Obersteigen (Le patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, 1999, v. 1, p. 646)
Church Address: 4 Rue de l'École, 67440 Hengwiller, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D117, 6 km W of Marmoutier, arrondissement de Saverne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: one or two capitals from the cloister of a monastery/convent nearby, at Obersteigen, have been converted into holy water stoups
Font Notes:
According to our source (Le patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, 1999, v. 1, p. 646) the holy-water stoup[s?] in this church is a re-used capital from the cloister of the ancient convent at Obersteigen; it is square top has a band of saw-tooth motif all around; each side has a six-petal flower inscribed in a circle. There appear to be two of these stoups in this church [to be confirmed]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 377304 5391830
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.66746, 7.333538
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 40′ 2.86″ N, 7° 20′ 0.74″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 646