Neuburg / Neuburg nr. Wismar

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche in Neuburg, Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 November 2008 by Niteshift [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuburg_Kirche_2008-11-13_062.jpg] [accessed 12 December 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dorfkirche Neuburg, Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans-Jörg Gemeinholzer, 2018
Image Source: digital photograoh 3 July 2018 by Hans-Jörg Gemeinholzer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuburg_Dorfkirche_Orgel_(1).JPG] [accessed 12 December 2023
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09164NEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1219?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ev.-luth. Dorfkirche Neuburg
Church Notes: church forst documented 1219; tower added 1361; modified 18thC; restored/renovated 20thC
Church Address: Hauptstraße 36, 23974 Neuburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 38426 20224
Site Location: Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the K33 [aka Hauptstraße], W of the E22/105, about 10 km NE of Wismar, 40-45 km N of Schwerin
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca.1219 church here)
Font Notes:
Described in Berggren (2002: 173-174 fn41) as an example of "the problems of determining where a specific font [...] has been carved". The church site [https://kirchengemeinde-neuburg.de/kirche.html] [accessed 12 December 2023] mentions only a modern font of Verona marble in it ["Die neue Taufe aus dem Jahre 1991 ist aus veronesischem Marmor"].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 669806 5980955
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.949056, 11.587611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 56′ 56.6″ N, 11° 35′ 15.4″ E

REFERENCES

  • Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002
  • Vazquez, Pedro, "Pila de agua benditera en la parroquia de Cortezubi", 1, 3 (1909), Boletín de la Comisión de Monumentos de Vizcaya (BCMV), 1909, pp. 41-43; p. 5-15