Stralsund No. 1

Results: 9 records

animal - mammal - lion

Scene Description: "heraldic lions" (a/p Berggren)

symbol - tree

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

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 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 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

FontID: 09160STR
Church/Chapel: Nikolaikirche / Evangelische Kirche St. Nikolai zu Stralsund
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Alter Markt, Badenstraße, 18439 Stralsund, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3831 26410
Country Name: Germany
Location: Rostock, Mecklebourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located on the crossroads of the E22/105 and 96, just across the Strelasund from Rügen, on the Baltic Sea
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: original church of 1234; re-built in 1270 as a basilica; damaged in American bombings of 1945; repaired 1947+
[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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.3, 13.083333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 18′ 0″ N, 13° 5′ 0″ E
UTM: 33U 375276 6018595

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002