Berlin No. 13 / Gedächtniskirche
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 8 January 2014)
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view of basin - insert
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 8 January 2014)
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: in August 2004 -- the modern building on the right is the 1963 belfry
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GerardM, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2004 by GerardM [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gedächtniskirche1.JPG] [accessed 8 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: ca.1900
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Photochrom print (color photo lithograph) ca.1900, Photoglob AG, Zürich, Switzerland or Detroit Publishing Company, Detroit, Michigan; Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-00341 from Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection
Copyright Instructions: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1923. [also in the public domain in Switzerland]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18978BER
Object Type: Other
Font Date: ca. 1895?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (late?), Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Font Location in Church: The baptismal dish is located inside the church; in a display case
Church Notes: church consecrated in 1895; much damaged in WWII Allied bombing raid
Church Address: Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany
Site Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the Kurfürstendamm, in the centre of the Breitscheidplatz
Additional Comments: destroyed font (only the baptismal dish survived)
Font Notes:
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What remains of the original font is the silver baptismal dish displayed together with the church plate.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 386992 5818511
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.505, 13.335
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 30′ 18″ N, 13° 20′ 6″ E