Forst Lausitz No. 1 / Baršć
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 September 2013)
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 September 2013)
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 September 2013)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18701FOR
Church/Chapel: Elisabethkirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Elizabeth
Church Location: Kirchstrasse, Forst (Lausitz)
Country Name: Germany
Location: Spree-Neisse, Brandenburg
Directions to Site: Located near Cottbus, near the border with Poland
Historical Region: Lusatia -- Prussia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 19th - 20th century (?), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font in the neo-Gothic church; it consists of an octagonal basin with moulded sides raised on an octagonal pedestal base and an octagonal-to-square lower base. Low dome metal cover.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 474679 5731443