Kirchderne

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06421KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque [re-carved]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche St. Dionysius, Kirchderne
Font Location in Church: In the centre nave, by the S pillar of the chancel arch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Dennis, Dionis, Dionysius]
Church Notes: first documented 1189
Church Address: Grüggelsort 1, 44329 Dortmund, Germany -- Tel.: +49 231 891682
Site Location: Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 236, in the NE area of the Stadtgebiet Dortmund
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzbistum Paderborn
Additional Comments: altered font / re-carved font ***THE HERALDIC DEVICES WERE ADDED TO THE FONT IN THE BAROQUE PERIOD***
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 188, 189) as a tub-shaped Romanesque baptismal font. It is wider at the upper rim and now mounted on four (?) short blocks. The sides of the basin are ornamented with incised shields bearing coat-of-arms, added at a later date; the incised lines are now done in bright gold paint or guilded. Other than this later addition, the basin is plain but for a broad but flat torus around the upper rim side. Like some of the fonts in the area, this one has been fitted with a grid-like cover of cast-iron (?).

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 396416 5712760
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.5564, 7.50583
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 33′ 23.04″ N, 7° 30′ 20.99″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Bolege-Vieweg, Dore, Dortmunder Dorfkirchen: Schätze mittelalterlicher Kunst, Dortmund: Ruhfus, 1998, p. 188, 189