Berlin No. 11
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 November 2013)
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view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 November 2013)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © freahyman, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2007 by freakyman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2007-07-27_Französischer_Dom_Berlin.jpg][accessed 8 November 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - organ and west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 November 2013)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 November 2013)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18763FRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Französischer Dom [aka Temple de la Friedrichstadt, Französisch-reformierte Friedrichstadtkirche]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Berlin, Berlin
Directions to Site: Located on the Gendarmenmarkt across from the Deutscher Dom
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1705?
Century and Period: 18th century (early?)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church built 1701 to 1705 for the Huguenot (Calvinist) community that constituted almost one quarter of Berlin's population; damaged in WWII; re-built 1977-1981; not a cathedral proper, as it has no see
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of hexagonal monolithic design buil of wood; moulded upper rim with tapering chanfer below; straight pedestal base decorated with garlands on the sides; the whole painted; plain metal basin insert; no cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.514323, 13.392119
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 30′ 51.56″ N, 13° 23′ 31.63″ E
UTM: 33U 390891 5819460
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal