Papenburg / Papenberg
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 November 2018)
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern [19thC?] font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 November 2018)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 November 2018)
view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martina Nolte, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 May 2013 by Martina Nolte (cropped & brightened by Rabanus Flavus) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papenburg_St._Antonius.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 November 2018)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11187PAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1682?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Antonius
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Notes: original RC church consecrated 1682; expanded 1777-1778; demolished; re-built in Gothic-Revival style on the other side of the canal in 1878-1881
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given forr the new church] Kirchstraße 14, 26871 Papenburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4961 947210
Site Location: Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 70, 20 km SSW of Leer
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Osnabrück (RC)
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern, probably of the Gothic-Revival re-building of 1878-1881. [NB: we have no information on the font of the late-1th century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this modern church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 392503 5882290
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.07925, 7.39521
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 4′ 45.3″ N, 7° 23′ 42.76″ E