Hohenkirchen nr. Wilhelmshaven
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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation
Scene Description: seen here on the left
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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings
Scene Description: two of the Magi seen here on the right
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B03: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hermi Klinky, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of digital photograph taken 22 June 2013 by Hermi Klinky [www.panoramio.com/photo/103345382] [28 October 2015]
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B04: Apostle or saint - St. Sixtus
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Groenling, 2008
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B05: Apostle or saint - St. Sinicius
Scene Description: [Sinesius / Synisius] [cf. Font notes]
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Scene Description: Source caption": "Hohenkirchen, St. Sixtus und Sinicius, Taufstein, 13. Jahrhundert"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenkirchen_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 19 Juky 2023]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hermi Klinky, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of digital photograph taken 22 June 2013 by Hermi Klinky [www.panoramio.com/photo/103345382] [28 October 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenkirchen_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 19 Juky 2023]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
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animal - fabulous animal or monster
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font and cover in context
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animal - mammal - lion - couchant - holding scroll
Scene Description: the second of three; this one appears to stick its tongue out
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animal - mammal - lion - couchant - holding scroll
Scene Description: unlike the other two, this one appears to have no special characteristics; all three hold rolled scrolls in the front paws
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view of font cover
![the late-17thC cover by Hinrich Cröpelin [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151028002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the late-17thC cover by Hinrich Cröpelin [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font cover
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Scene Description: to the left, the Annunciation; centre and right: the Magi
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view of font
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the Magi
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: detail of the vine above the Annunciation and Magi
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi scene: the first Magus
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Scene Description: Baptism of Christ scene: John the Baptist, on the left, touches Christ's head
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi scene: Madonna and Child
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view of base - detail
Scene Description: the man-eating lion
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animal - mammal - lion - couchant - with prey - human - holding scroll
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Scene Description: Baptism of Christ scene: Christ between John the Baptist, to the left, and an angel (?) holding the vestments
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11550HOH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1250-1260?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid-to-late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Baumberg font
Cognate Fonts: Perhaps from the same workshop as the font in Rastede
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche St. Sixtus und Sinicius / St. Sixtus und St. Sinnicius Kirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre aisle, towards the E end of the nave, level with the pulpit
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sixtus & St. Sinicius [aka Sinesius / Sinice / Sinnicius / Synesius]
Church Notes: wooden church 9thC; stone church ca. 1143
Church Address: Kattrepel 1, 26434 Wangerland, Germany
Site Location: Friesland, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Wangerland area, NNW Wilhelmshaven, towards the N coastline
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Osnabrück
Additional Comments: missed this place in our 2014 North-Germany field-trip because we had no precise geo location info and got mixed up with other homonyms; added now [Oct. 2015]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kroesen & Steensma (2004) as a font of Baumberg sandstone with an upper frieze of fabulous animals and a vine, similar to the one in Rastede "and they both perhaps come from the same workshop [...] In Hohenkirchen, however, there are no more arches and the scenes are consecutive: the Annunciation, the Three Magi, the Baptism of Christ and the two patron saints of the church, St. Sixtus and St. Sinicius. The bowl is resting on three protruding lions, one of whom has a human being in its jaws; the three of them have rolled scrolls in their paws." A notable detail of this font is the way the Baptism of Christ is represented, with John touching the side of Christ's head. Also worthy of remark are the beatifully flowing representation of the Adoration, the faces of the figures. etc. Wooden cover said to be of the late-17th century, the work of Hinrich Cröpelin from Esens.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 428406 5946545
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.662749, 7.916505
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 39′ 45.89″ N, 7° 54′ 59.42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (Baumberg sandstone)
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1650?
Material: wood
Notes: of two levels: the upper probably the Baptism of Christ; the lower a number (8?) of figures holding different objects
REFERENCES
- Kroesen, Justin E.A., The Interior of the medieval village church = Het middeleeuwse Dorpskerkinterieur, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004, p. 348