Gross Giewitz / Groß Gievitz / Gross Gievitz

Described and illustrated in Drake (2002): Romanesque baptismal font made of Gotland limestone, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a round pedestal base of slightly splaying out sides. There are four human heads protruding at 90-degree angles of the basin sides and are described in Drake (ibid.) as: "They represent peasant, king, bishop dnk monk and below each chin is a short section of neck". The upper side of the basin is girdled by an iron reinforcement ring; the stem of the base has a roll moulding at each end. Described and illustrated by Lord [after Drake] in Diwylliant... (1998-2003). Described in the Wikipedia entry [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_Groß_Gievitz] for this church: "Der älteste Kunstschatz der Kirche ist die historische Tauffünte, ein steinernes Taufbecken, das wohl älter als die Kirche ist und wohl schon in einem Vorgängerbauwerk oder an anderem Ort gestanden hat. Die Tauffünte zeigt vier männliche Masken, darunter eine mit Helm."
A pair of digital photographs taken in August 2011 by Peter Schmelzle may be seen in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Baptismal_font_of_Church_in_GroßF_Gievitz] [accessed 28 July 2025].