Berchtesgaden No. 1

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2010 by Colin Smith for BSI

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R01: design element - motifs - torus-scotia

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2010 by Colin Smith for BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2010 by Colin Smith for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16150BER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century

Church / Chapel Name: Pfarrkirche der römisch-katholischen Pfarrei St. Andreas in Berchtesgaden

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew

Church Notes: church built 1397 on the earlier site of a destroyed chapel; much modified since

Church Address: Rathauspl. 6, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany -- Tel.: +49 8652 94680

Site Location: Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off road 305, 20-25 km S of Salzburg

Ecclesiastic Region: Erzdiözese München und Freising

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1400 church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font of consisting of a shallow basin made of red marble and decorated with a thick moulding with a scotia below; broad ribs decorate the lower side and underbowl; raised on a slender octagonal stem of similar material.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 33T 350070 5277609

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.634514, 13.004107

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 38′ 4.25″ N, 13° 0′ 14.78″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round