Zell nr. Barl / Cochem-Zell

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: southwestern view of the church of St. Peter in the context of the old town

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view of font

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13969ZEL
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter?
Church Location: Schlossstraße 16, 56856 Zell (Mosel) -- Tel.: +49 6542 4536
Country Name: Germany
Location: Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz
Directions to Site: Located off (E and N) of highway 421, just E of Barl and the loop of the Moselle river, S of Cochem
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1576? / 1461?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?) / 15th century (mid?), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of town and font
Church Notes: St Peter is the Catholic parish churc; built in 1786-1793
Late Gothic baptismal font dated by an inscription to 1461 *BUT* Noted in Wikipedia [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zell_(Mosel)#Religion] [accessed 6 November 2008]: "Die kath. Pfarrkirche St. Peter in Zell besitzt einen Reliquienschrein aus der Zeit zwischen 1180-1190 aus Limoges (Mittelfrankreich) mit einem Behältnis für eine Knochenreliquie des hl. Petrus. Die Muttergottes-Figur im linken Seitenaltar stammt aus dem 15. Jahrhundert. Der Taufstein auf der rechten Seite im Chor trägt die Jahreszahl 1576" The font in the modern [late-18thC] Catholic Church of St Peter is noted in the Romantic Germany Rhineland-Palatinate site [www.romantic-germany.info/infrastructure/infrastruktur/Pfarrkirche-St-Peter_Zell/deskline-details.html] [accessed 18 December 2018]: "late Gothic font [...] originally from the old church in the cemetery. The octagonal font is 1.21 metres high and is decorated with three-quarter columns and cloverleaf arches with the inscription ANNO DN 1461." [NB: the previous church had been declared derelict in 1781 and was demolished; replaced by a new building in 1786-1793]. The Protestant parish church [Evangelische Kirche] here was built in 1866 and demolished in 1954 due to foundation problems

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 369900 5543145

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone