Grossbeeren / Großbeeren
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: church by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Doris Antony, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2009 by Doris Antony [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grossbeeren_church.jpg][accessed 8 November 2013]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 November 2013)
view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: the font in the foreground, right (south) corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 November 2013)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18759GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1820
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (early)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche Großbeeren
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end,S side, to the right of the altar
Church Address: Ruhlsdorfer Straße 2, 14979 Großbeeren Germany
Site Location: Teltow-Fläming, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 3 km S of Berlin, in the Teltow-Fläming district
Font Notes:
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The Kirchengemeinden Großbeeren... [www.ev-kirche-grossbeeren.de/index.php?idcatside=40][accessed 8 November 2013] informs: "Der Taufstein. Dieser geht wohl ebenfalls auf einen Entwurf Schinkels zurück und wurde von Friedrich Wilhelm III zur Kirchweihe 1820 gestiftet. Er ist aus Eichenholz und wird verziert von vier Engelsfiguren aus bronziertem Zinkguß auf einem Lotusblütensockel. Letzerer wurde 1930 neu gegossen." Baptismal font probably based on a drawing by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), who designed the church itself; the font consists of a round tapering basin decorated with a stylised vine with an inscription below, raised on a round central shaft and four standing angels with their hands together in prayer at 90-degree angles; the lower base is circular with round protruding bases for the four angels. The font is made of painted and gilded oak, except for the four angels, which are bronze re-castings of 1930, and the basin insert, which appears to be made of brass and bears an inscription as well.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 384714 5801948
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.35568, 13.307179
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 21′ 20.45″ N, 13° 18′ 25.84″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood and metal, oak and bronze
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: brass insert in the wooden basin well
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: one painted around the basin sides; another inscribed in the baptismal dish [cf. FontNotes]