Donauworth / Donauwörth
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17779DON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche Liebfrauenmünster in Donauwörth
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Münsterpl. 1, 86609 Donauwörth, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwaben, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located off the Bd2, on the N bank of the Danube river, 45 km N of Augsburg, 90-200 km NW of Munich
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and modern font
Church Notes: The church dates to the 13th century and replaced and earlier, 11th-century building
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font in reddish marble, probably dating from one of the renovations of this church. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.719222, 10.777094
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 43′ 9.2″ N, 10° 46′ 37.54″ E
UTM: 32U 630708 5397767