Swinoujscie / Swinemuende / Swinemunde / Swinemünde / Świnoujście [disappeared?]

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Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2013 taken by Colin Smith
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Scene Description: the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2013 taken by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18422SWI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Sanktuarium Chrystusa Króla w Świnoujściu
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: church firts documented 1336; present church is 1788-1792 re-building
Church Address: Plac Kościelny 1, 72-611 Świnoujście, Poland -- Tel.: +48 91 321 20 32
Site Location: Województwo zachodniopomorskie, Poland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the E65/93 on the islands of Usedom and Wolin, across the Szczecin Lagoon from the German Vorpommern
Historical Region: West Pomeranian Voivodeship -- previously part of Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998)
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier church here)
Font Notes:
The present font in this 18th-century is modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the late-medieval church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this modern church and font

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