Gross Hehlen nr. Celle / Groß Hehlen
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 March 2009 by Losch [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:St._Cyriacus-Kirche_Groß_Hehlen_(Celle)_IMG_5728.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18746HEH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early?)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche St. Cyriacus-Kirche, Gross Helen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr]
Church Notes: original Romanesque church destroyed in 1494; only some stones remain, built into the walls, but 15thC wall paintings were uncovered during the renovations of 1962 and 2002
Church Address: Lange Str. 34, 29229 Celle, Germany
Site Location: Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 3, 4-5 km N of Celle, about 45 km NE of Hannover
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kirchen und Klöster in der Lüneburger Heide [http://cms.heidekirchen.de/pages/suedheide/uebersicht/st.-cyriacus-groDF-hehlen.php] [accessed 30 October 2013]" baptismal font made of bronze; first half of the 17th-century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 571778 5834360
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 39' 0" N, 10° 3' 32" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze