Waren No. 2 / Virunum / Wahren / Waren Mueritz / Waren Müritz / Warnae / Warne

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Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 June 2014)
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view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southwest end
view of church exterior in context - south view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 19290WAR
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Pfarrkirche St. Georgen / De Oll Kerk
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Schulstr. 6, 17192 Waren (Müritz), Germany -- Tel.: +49 3991 632194
Country Name: Germany
Location: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenbourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located 40 km W of Neubrandenburg -- the church is located in the old town
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: a wooden church here recorded by 1273; early-14thC brick church; early15thC west tower destroyed by fire in 1699 and re-built in 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font, located at the east end of the nave, at the foot of the presbitery, is modern; it consists of an octagonal basin with decorated sides, raised on an octagonal pedestal base of two volumes, and a lower base, also octagonal. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.513221,
12.686076
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 30′ 47.6″ N,
12° 41′ 9.87″ E
UTM: 33U 346572 5931856