Thalburgel / Thalbürgel

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08426THA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Benediktine Klosterkirche St. Maria und St. Georg zu Thalbürgel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary & St. George
Church Address: Pfarrbereich, Klosterstraße 23, 07616 Bürgel, Germany -- Tel.: +49 36692 22210
Site Location: Gera, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 7, just SW of Bürgel, about 20 km E of Jena
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the Romanesque period in the cloister church of Thalbürgel; illustrated in Sciurie (2000: 57): hemispherical basin plain except for a roll moulding at the upper rim; the font consisted of the basin itself and a ring-like thin base which appears to be part of the same block as the basin, but the whole is now mounted on a modern pedestal.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 693221 5646211
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.935117, 11.750014
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 56′ 6.42″ N, 11° 45′ 0.05″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Sciurie, Helga, Kirchen um Jena: Eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte und symbolische Bedeutung, Jena: Glaux Verlag, 2000, p. 57