Memmingen No. 3
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2008 by Thomas Mirtsch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FrauenkircheMM1.JPG][accessed 17 November 2013]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Mirtsch, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2008 by Thomas Mirtsch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frauenkirche19.jpg][accessed 17 November 2013]
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view of church interior - painting
Scene Description: the 1465 frescoes
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2008 by Mrilabs [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnserFrauenFresko16.jpg][accessed 17 November 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18779MEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Pfarrkirche Unser Frauen [aka Frauenkirche / Zu Unserer lieben Frau]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwaben, Bayern
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Minnerschen Kapelle
Date: 1585
Century and Period: 16th century(late)
Cognate Fonts: the font at Memmingen St. Martin's
Church Notes: church first documented in 1258, but may have existed centuries before that; used between 1530 and 1806 alternatively as Protestant and Catholic
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font somewhat similar to the one in Sankt Martin's church in the same town; it is made of red marble and said to date from 1565 [NB: inscription?]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.9816, 10.1839
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 58′ 53.76″ N, 10° 11′ 2.04″ E
UTM: 32T 588344 5314933
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (reddish)