Waren No. 1 / Virunum / Wahren / Waren Mueritz / Waren Müritz / Warnae / Warne

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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior in context
view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: with the modern font in the foreground
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font

Scene Description: the modern font
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 31 December 2009 by Ruchhöft-Plau [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marienkirche_(Waren)#mediaviewer/Datei:Waren_(Müritz)_St._Marienkirche_Altar_2010.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19289WAR
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Pfarrkirche Kirche St. Marien / St. Marienkirche in Waren (Müritz) / Niege Kerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Mühlenstraße 13, 17192 Waren (Müritz), Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenbourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located 40 km W of Neubrandenburg -- the church is located in the Neustadt, to the E of the old town
Historical Region: Kreis Müritz
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: part of the old fabric came from the former early-13thC castle chapel in Große Burgstraße; the tower is early-14thC; damaged by fire in the Thirty Years' War; re-built in 1790-1792
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font, located at the east end of the nave, at the foot of the altar, is modern, of 1817, made by August Nies, a local artist from Waren itself; it consists of a shallow baptismal dish of tin on a scrolled wrought-iron base [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.514146,
12.690929
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 30′ 50.93″ N,
12° 41′ 27.34″ E
UTM: 33U 346897 5931949