Stralsund No. 1
Results: 9 records
view of basin
Scene Description: is this the basin of an old font?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klugschnacker, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 December 2012 by Klugschnacker [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stralsund,_Nikolaikirche,_Taufstein_(2012-12-29)_1,_by_Klugschnacker_in_Wikipedia.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior
Scene Description: viewed from the harbour
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin Kraft, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2013 by Martin Kraft [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikolaikirche_(Stralsund)_mittig.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - portal
Scene Description: the portal facing the Rathaus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Clemensfranz, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2013 by Clemensfranz [
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: viewed from Marienkirche
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Darkone, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 September 2004 by Darkone [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stralsund_St_Nikolai.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: Hochaltar; 14thC?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klugschnacker, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2013 by Klugschnacker [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stralsund,_Nikolaikirche,_Hochaltar_(2013-05-11),_by_Klugschnacker_in_Wikipedia_(2).JPG] [accessed 4 July 2014]
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view of church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klugschnacker, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 October 2006 by Klugschnacker [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stralsund,_Germany,_Nikolaikirche,_Innenraum_(2006-10-29).JPG] [accessed 4 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of font or stoup
Scene Description: is this a composite font using the basin of an old font?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klugschnacker, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2012 by Klugschnacker [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stralsund,_Nikolaikirche,_Taufstein_(2012-12-29)_1,_by_Klugschnacker_in_Wikipedia.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09160STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Nikolaikirche / Evangelische Kirche St. Nikolai zu Stralsund
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: original church of 1234; re-built in 1270 as a basilica; damaged in American bombings of 1945; repaired 1947+
Church Address: Alter Markt, Badenstraße, 18439 Stralsund, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3831 26410
Site Location: Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the crossroads of the E22/105 and 96, just across the Strelasund from Rügen, on the Baltic Sea
Font Notes:
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[NB: is it a stoop? -- there may be several fonts in this church: one appears to be Baroque, of the 1732; another is said to date from 1260 decorated with a Sun or star, and two lions by a Tree of life symbol; this font was moved to a location near the high altar].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 375276 6018595
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.3, 13.083333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 18′ 0″ N, 13° 5′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002