Husseren-les-Chateaux / Häusern / Husseren-les-Châteaux

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design element - patterns - fluted

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'entrée du village de Husseren-Les-Châteaux (Haut-Rhin)" -- showing a view in the background, on the Schlossberg hill, of 'Les Trois Châteaux d'Eguisheim' [i.e., Wahlenbourg, Weckmund and Dagsbourg]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03822HUS
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pancrace
Church Patron Saints: St. Pancras of Rome [aka Pancrace, Pancratius]
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 68420 Husseren-les-Châteaux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D14, SW of Eguisheim, 7 km SSW of Colmar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the nave, S side
Date: 1617
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Church Notes: present church 1884; earier church here demolished in 1881; listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA68003599]: "Ancienne église détruite en 1881 ; nouvelle église par Constant Felder (attribution par travaux historiques) , portant la date 1884 sur une pierre à gauche du portail central ; édifice de style néo gothique".
Baptismal font dated by an inscription to 1617; listed in Palissy [ref.: IM68005551]: "fonts baptismaux [grès] [...] date 1617 gravée sur le pied [...] Couvercle en cuivre moderne". Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998) lists and illustrates a pedestal font dated by an inscription to 1617. The hemispheric basin has a prominent ribbed pattern all around and is separated from the stem of the base, itself ornamented with fluted motif, by two round mouldings; the lower base is square and has two thin bands of decorative motif (?). This source reports the dome copper cover topped with a finial cross as being modern; the font itself is said to have originated in the old church of Husseren [NB: the old church was demolished in the late 19th century, and a new built on the same site soon thereafter]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.036078, 7.280567
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 2′ 9.88″ N, 7° 16′ 50.04″ E
UTM: 32U 371829 5321740

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM68005551] and Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 2, p. 1326)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: On the base
Inscription Text: "1617"
Inscription Source: Palissy [ref.: IM68005551] and Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 2, p. 1326)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: yes; counterweight
Notes: Modern metal dome with cross finial

REFERENCES

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