Hohenrechberg in Schwäbisch Gmünd

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view of church exterior - north view
view of church exterior - south view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - altar and retable
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font and cover in context
view of font cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18844HOH
Church/Chapel: Wallfahrts- und Pfarrkirche Sankt-Maria Rechberg
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Hohenstaufenstrasse 48, 73529 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany -- Tel.: 07171/42881
Country Name: Germany
Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: The church is located on the hills above the village of Rechberg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the altar
Century and Period: 18th century,
Church Notes: present church built 1686-1688 next to two earlier consecrated chapels; originally a chaplancy it became parish in 1772
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are two fonts (?) in this church at present: a multi-coloured marble font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a slender moulded pedestal base, both parts bearing gilding in some areas; matching low dome mouldd font cover with a marble finial of the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan -- the second font (?) is a copper cauldron in the shape of a font basin, round and decorated with large ribbs all around, ball motifs above them; matching cover with orb-and-Latin-cross on it; the basin is provided with a tap for drawing water from it [is it a holy-water tank?]; stands on a metal flower-pot holder (?)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.757833,
9.7905
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48 ° 45 '28.2 "N,
9 ° 47' 25.8" E
UTM: 32U 558099 5400837