Berlin No. 15
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 January 2014)
Results: 8 records
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: seen from the Park Inn, Alexanderplatz
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © A. Savin, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2013 by A.Savin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_view_from_Park_Inn_05.jpg] [accessed 3 February 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: west view of the church from Große Hamburger Straße
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Times, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2011 by Times [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sophienkirche_Berlin_Mitte_-_Maerz_2011.jpg] [accessed 3 February 2014]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: the font in the foregound
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lokilech, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 October 2010 by Lokilech [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Sophienkirche_Chor.jpg] [accessed 3 February 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lokilech, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 October 2010 by Lokilech [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Sophienkirche_Orgel.jpg] [accessed 3 February 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font - northwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 December 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 January 2014)
view of font - southeast side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 December 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 January 2014)
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the east end of the nave; southwest sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 December 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 January 2014)
view of font in context
Scene Description: west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 December 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 January 2014)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19057BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sophienkirche [aka Spandauische Kirche]
Church Location: Große Hamburger Straße 29-30, 10115 Berlin, Germany -- Tel.: +49 30 3087920
Country Name: Germany
Location: Berlin, Berlin
Directions to Site: Located between the Sophienstrasse Christmas Market and the 'Palace of Tears', in Spandauer Vorstadt, Berlin-Mitte
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1741
Century and Period: 18th century (mid), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: the church itself was built between the last years of the 17thC and the early 18thC
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font dated 1741 by an inscription; very Baroque in design and ornamentation. It appears designed to be used in conjunction with a baptismal dish.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.525556, 13.4
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 31′ 32″ N, 13° 24′ 0″ E
UTM: 33U 391454 5820698
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: eo
Basin Exterior Shape: square
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the sides
Inscription Text: anumber of them; some Biblical verses; one is a donation/dedication text with date in March 1741
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]