Dettwiller

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04507DET
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église simultanée Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur de Dettwiller
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Church Address: 7 Rue de l'Église, 67490 Dettwiller, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D116-D232 confluence, 8 km from Saverne, 37 km from Strasbourg, in the canton and arrondissement de Saverne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1978) as a wall-mounted holy-water stoup from the second half of the 17th century in pink sandstone; it is octagonal and ornamented with a fleur-de-lis in low-relief. [NB: the baptismal font in this church is dated to the 18th century and therefore not included in this Index]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 387232 5401189
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.7535, 7.46577
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 45′ 12.6″ N, 7° 27′ 56.77″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (pink)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 30 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1978)

REFERENCES

  • Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale d'Alsace, Bas-Rhin: canton Saverne, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1978, p. 90