Meistratzheim No. 2 / Maistersheim / Meistratz
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17259MEI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-André dite chapelle du cimetière
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 67210 Meistratzheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located near Andlau, between Obernai and Erstein in the canton d'Obernai, arrondissement de Sélestat-Erstein
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the cemetery chapel
Century and Period: 12th century / 18th century, Romanesque? / Modern?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The database Mérimée [www.patrimoine-de-france.org] has this object listed [Inventaire général, 1980 / Référence : IM67001580] as a baptismal font inside the cemetery chapel; the object consists of an octagonal basin with a round inner well, raised on on octagonal pedestal base; it is dated there as "18e siècle (?)" "Ancien bénitier et tympan du XIIe siècle qui montre le Christ bénissant entouré de saint Benoît et de sainte Scholastique, dans la chapelle Saint-André de Meistratzheim" [text and photo source: Bernard Chenal, 2010]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.447347,
7.541009
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 26′ 50.45″ N,
7° 32′ 27.63″ E
UTM: 32U 392329 5367280
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal dome with pointed tip and ball-and-Latin cross brass finial