Almind nr. Kolding / Alminde

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Nordenskirker_Almindbrusk%2801%29.jpg]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05330ALM

Church/Chapel: Almind kirke

Church Location: Vestergade 8, 6051 Almind

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Sydjylland, Syddanmark

Directions to Site: Located 8 km N of Kolding, in Kolding Komune [NB: not to be confused with the Almind in Viborg, also listed in BSI with a medieval granite font]

Historical Region: Brusk hr., Vejle, amt, Haderslev stift. Sydøstjylland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: Kolding Provsti, Haderslev Stift

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Carlsson (1976) mentions a font with columnar figures and cites Mackeprang (1941) as source. Baptismal font made of granite, consisting of a plain round basin, the base with four columns with capitals and bases. [NB: not to be confused with the Almind in Viborg, also listed in BSI with a medieval granite font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.5658, 9.488619

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 33′ 56.88″ N, 9° 29′ 19.03″ E

UTM: 32U 530745 6157775

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941