Osnabruck No. 3 / Osnabrück

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior in context - east view

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view of church interior - plan

Scene Description: note the location of the font in the northwest corner of the nave

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Image Source: plan by Hans Lange in Die Marienkirche in Osnabrück (2001)

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view of font - detail

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Image Source: Aufnahmen der Königl. Preuss. Messbild-Anstalt, 1899 [detail]

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11482OSN
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche St. Marien / Marienkirche [Pfarr- und Marktkirche]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: An der Marienkirche 1, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany -- Tel.: +49 541 28393
Country Name: Germany
Location: Osnabrück, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located W of Hanover
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Date: 1560
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic? / Early Renaissance?
Church Notes: first archaeological traces 10thC; first documented 1177; present building is 13th-15thC
Baptismal font of sandstone from Baumberg, mid-16th century consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a round stem with rectangular protrusions and a multi-step plinth; the sides of the font are decorated with deeply-carved scenes between ornate square and balustre-type columns; there are lions with shield bearing the arms of the city.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.277778, 8.041806
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 16′ 40″ N, 8° 2′ 30.5″ E
UTM: 32U 434628 5792367

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Die Marienkirche in Osnabrück: Ergebnosse archäologischer bau- und kunsthistorischer Untersuchungen, Bramsche: Rasch Verlag, 2001