Forst Lausitz No. 1 / Baršć
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
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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)
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)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18701FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th - 20th century (?), Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Elisabethkirche, Forst Lausitz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Elizabeth
Church Address: 03149 Forst (Lausitz), Germany
Site Location: Spree-Neisse, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 112, about 25 km E of Cottbus, near the border with Poland
Historical Region: Lusatia -- Prussia
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 476065 5732755
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.745189, 14.653317
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 44′ 42.68″ N, 14° 39′ 11.94″ E