Karlshausen / Korelsen
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: e-mail and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: e-mail and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
view of church interior - altar and retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: e-mail and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17776KAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Katholisch Pfarrkirche St. Bartholomäus, Karlshausen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Notes: earlier church demolished 1547; present church 1861
Church Address: Langgasse 1, 54673 Karlshausen, Germany
Site Location: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L1, in the municipality and about 6 km WNW of Neuerburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Historical Region: Eifel
Additional Comments: painted font (the present one) -- disappeared font? (the one from the pre-1549 church?)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with a protruding arcade of trefoiled arches; plain rounded underbowl; slender octagonal stem with tracery; splaying lower base and narrow plinth, both octagonal as well; the font is painted all over. The wooden cover is octagonal, with a fleury cross finial; metal lock.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the font and church
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 301252 5544883
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.023056, 6.225278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 1′ 23″ N, 6° 13′ 31″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]