Roitham / Roitham am Traunfall

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roitham ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Jakob der Ältere - Gotisches Portal."

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: " Katholische Pfarrkirche hl. Jakob der Ältere in der oberösterreichischen Gemeinde Roitham. Ein spätgotischer Bau mit einem mächtigen vorgestellten Westturm."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.Stadler/Bwag, 2012

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roitham ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Jakob der Ältere - Innenraum." -- the top of the font is discernible at the far end of the left [north] bank of benches

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roitham ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Jakob der Ältere - Innenraum."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roitham ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Jakob der Ältere - Gotischer Taufstein."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05131ROI
Church/Chapel: Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Jakob der Ältere in Roitham
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Raiffeisenpl. 1301, 4661 Roitham, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Oberösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off the 144, N of the E60, 12-13 km N of Gmunden, 35-40 km SW of Linz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Linz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: church 1350; modified since; major renovations 1990 and 2021
Described in Neale (1861: 10): "The font is rather small, dodecagonal (this we shall find a local peculiarity); sides slightly concave, circular base." The general style of the church is given in the same source as Flamboyant. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.024506, 13.821104
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 1′ 28.22″ N, 13° 49′ 15.97″ E
UTM: 33U 412102 5319696

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: dodecagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal

REFERENCES

Neale, John Mason, Notes, Ecclesiological and Picturesque, on Dalmatia, Croatia, Istria, Styria with a Visit to Montenegro, London: J.T. Hayes, 1861