Osnabruck No. 3 / Osnabrück

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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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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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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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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