Plauen / Plauen in Vogtland
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B01: design element - patterns - tracery - varied
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2009 by N8eule78 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:N8eule78] [accessed 11 April 2010]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16341PLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Ev.-Luth. Johanniskirche / St.-Johannis-Kirche, / Plauen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: previous church consecrated 1122; present church goes back to 1224; much modified since;
Church Address: Johanniskirchpl., 08523 Plauen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3741 226957
Site Location: Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of Hwy72, about 65 km SW of Chemnitz, near the border with the Czech Republic. The church is located in the Altstadt
Additional Comments: altered font? the basin may have been re-cut and the pedestal appears modern -- in 1815 when the church was restored?
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base that appears modern; the sides of the basin may have been re-cut at the lower ends; the sides are decorated with a variety of tracery motifs; large parts of the sides appear to be new-stone insert repairs.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 296989 5597367
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.493056, 12.137694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 29′ 35″ N, 12° 8′ 15.7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal