Steinbrunn-le-Bas No. 1 / Niedersteinbrunn / Steinebronnen inferius / Steinebrun

INFORMATION

FontID: 03815STE
Church/Chapel: Source Saint-Colomban
Church Patron Saints: St. Columba [aka Colmcille, Colomban, Columcille]
Church Location: 1 Rue de Strasbourg, 68440 Steinbrunn-le-Bas, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D21-D68 crossroads, 2-3 km S of Bruebach, 10 km S of Mulhouse city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Not in a church
Century and Period: 2nd - 3rd century (?), Early Christian
Church Notes: the fountain/well was located near a chapel (Chapelle de Sainte Apolline)
Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 2, p. 1155) relates the discovery in 1958 of a limestone basin near the source known as "Colombansbrunnen" or "Taufsteinbrunnen" in the town of Steinbrunn-le-Bas. The fountain has apparently been known since Roman times, the 2nd cent. A.D., but is said to have been christianised in the Middle Ages and dedicated to the saintly Irish monk.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 377488 5281658

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998