Wittlaer

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B01: design element - motifs - trefoil

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BH01: human figure - head - 4

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11548WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St.-Remigius in Düsseldorf-Wittlaer
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Address: Kalkstraße 45, 40489 Düsseldorf, Germany -- Tel.: +49 211 94250510
Site Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between highway 8 (E) and the river (W), just NNW of Düsseldorf's airport (dir. Duisburg)
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Parish web site [www.st-remigius-duesseldorf.de] and in the Kirche des Monats site [www.kirche-des-monats.de]. The font is described and illustrated in Marina Alice Mutz [http://www.zeitspurensuche.de/02/hakirce2.htm] [accessed 20 August 2025]: The baptismal font in St. Remigius Church in Düsseldorf-Wittlaer is similar to the one depicted in Harro Vollmar's drawing ; the heads also bear the greatest resemblance to the one surviving from the font of Haan The baptismal font at St Remigius is dated to the 13th century and measures: max. height approx. 1.05 m, max. width 1.20 m, max. depth 1.20 m. The octagonal basin sides are decorated with blind panels, and four heads protrude from the corners; it rests on a central pillar and four corner pillars: "Das Taufbecken in der St. Remigius-Kirche in Düsseldorf-Wittlaer ähnelt der Rekonstruktions-Zeichnung von Harro Vollmar; auch die Köpfe weisen die größte Ähnlichkeiten mit dem Haaner Steinkopf auf, sind allerdings kleiner. Der Taufstein wird auf das 13. Jh. datiert, der Bildhauer ist unbekannt. Die Maße: max. Höhe ca. 1,05 m, max. Breite 1,20 m, max. Tiefe 1,20 m. Das achtseitige Becken in der Kirche St. Remigius "... ruht auf einer Mittel- und vier Ecksäulen. Die Seiten sind mit Blenden verziert, und aus den Ecken springen vier Köpfe hervor."

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 342419 5687962
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.3211, 6.73851
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 19′ 15.96″ N, 6° 44′ 18.64″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Namur bluestone)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 120 x 120 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [approx.] [cf. FontNotes]