Noarootsi / Nucko / Nuckö
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12340NOA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1528
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Noarootsi Püha Katariina Kirik
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Notes: 13th-14thC church documented 16thC; damaged in Livonian wars; restored 17thC
Church Address: Hosby, 91215 Lääne County, Estonia
Site Location: Läänemaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off roads 122 and 123 confluence, just N of Hosby, about 15 km N across the bay from Haapsalu
Font Notes:
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Noted in Tuulse (1949). The Estonian Wikipedia entry for this church [https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noarootsi_kirik] [accessed 29 June 2025] reports a baptismal font of 1528 in the chancel ["altariruumis asuv ristimisvaagen (1528)"].
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 643964 6546968
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.037826, 23.508928
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 2′ 16.18″ N, 23° 30′ 32.14″ 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