Donauworth / Donauwörth
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
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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)
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)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17779DON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche Liebfrauenmünster in Donauwörth
Font Location in Church: [disappeared font]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: The church dates to the 13th century and replaced and earlier, 11th-century building
Church Address: Münsterpl. 1, 86609 Donauwörth, Germany
Site Location: Schwaben, Bayern, Germany, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font in reddish marble, probably dating from one of the later renovations of this church. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 630708 5397767
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.719222, 10.777094
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 43′ 9.2″ N, 10° 46′ 37.54″ E