Berlin No. 5
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received 23 Janury 2013
Results: 2 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 December 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received 23 Janury 2013
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fridolin freudenfett (Peter Kuley), 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2010 by Fridolin freudenfett (Peter Kuley) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CharlottenburgTrinitatis-Kirche.JPG] [accessed 19 May 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18468BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1962?
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century (mid?), Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Otto Flath / wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Trinitatiskirche / Evangelische Trinitatis Kirch, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: church inaugurated in December 1898
Church Address: Karl-August-Platz, 10627 Berlin, Germany -- Tel.: +49 30 3186850
Site Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Berlin-Charlottenburg, about 7 km W of Berlin city centre -- U-Bahn stop: Deutsche Oper
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font was made of wood by artist Otto Flath (1908-1987). The roughly cylindrical font has carved figures and an inscription. [NB: we do not have information on the original font of this 1898 church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 385340 5818922
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.508349, 13.310537
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52 ° 30 '30.05 " N, 13 ° 18' 37.93" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: cylindrical, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: around the sides, below the rim