Hanila / Hanehl

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12338HAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Hanila Pauluse Kirik
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Notes: late-13thC church; much modified since; tower added 1850s
Church Address: Hanila, 90105 Pärnu County, Estonia -- Tel.: +372 553 0045
Site Location: Läänemaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off highway 10, 5 km NE of Virtsu, on the SW coast of mainland Estonia, across from the island of Saaremaa
Font Notes:
Noted in Tuulse (1949)

COORDINATES

UTM: 34V 651486 6499955
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.61345, 23.607978
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 36′ 48.42″ N, 23° 36′ 28.72″ E

REFERENCES

  • Tuulse, Armin, "Mittlealterliche Taufsteine in Estland", Apophoreta tartuensia: acta universitati tartuensi (dorpatensi) ad diem restitutionis kal. dec. MCMXIX nunc tricesimum celebrandum a professoribus discipulisque eorum in exilio dedicata = Pühendusteos: Eesti Vabriigi Tartu Ülikoolile tema avamise [...], Holmiae = Stockholm: Societas Litterarum Estonica in Svecia = Eesti Teaduslik Selts Rootsis, 1949, p. 161