Juuru / Jörden
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12341JUU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Juuru Mihkli Kirik
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael [originally St. George]
Church Notes: church probably mid-13thC, likely associated with the Cistercians; originally dedicated to St George; changed to St Michael in the 16thC; church modified since, including the addition of the tower in the mid-19thC; damaged and restored several times in the 20thC
Church Address: Side tn 1, Juuru, 79401 Rapla maakond, Estonia -- Tel.: +372 484 4158
Site Location: Raplamaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the 116-117 crossroads, about 15 km NE of Rapla, about 5 km S of Tallinn
Font Notes:
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Noted in Tuulse (1949)
COORDINATES
UTM: 35V 382679 6548561
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.060278, 24.954167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 3′ 37″ N, 24° 57′ 15″ 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