Hochstadt / Höchstädt an der Donau / Höchstädt a.d.Donau

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled
view of church exterior - east view
view of church interior - chancel
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 17777HOC
Church/Chapel: Stadtpfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwaben, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located 18 km NW of Erlangen, and 22 km S of Bamberg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the font and church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a polygonal [decagonal? / dodecagonal?] basin that has a broad plain flat moulding at the upper end, with a set of trefoiled arch-heads below; plain rounded underbowl; on a short cylindrical stem and a square lower base. The wooden cover has a round platform with a fortress-like structure that supports crocketed ribs around a central pivot with a cross finial; modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 629798 5506831
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal