Ribnitz / Ribnitz-Damgarten

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view of baptismal dish
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Photo caption: "Market place in Ribnitz-Damgarten [...] view from the fountain to St Mary's church."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140707008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Market place in Ribnitz-Damgarten [...] view from the fountain to St Mary's church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rimshot, 2007
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view of church interior - chancel
INFORMATION
FontID: 19336RIB
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Stadtkirche St. Marien / Marienkirche Ribnitz
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Neue Klosterstr. 17, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany -- Tel.: (03821) 6090003
Country Name: Germany
Location: Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklebourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located right on the old border between the historical regions of Mecklenburg and Pomerania; Ribnitz in on the Mecklenburg side
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: church here first documented 1233; soon expanded; many additions and restorations through times; fire in 1759; re-built
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present baptismal font consists of a dodecagonal (?) basin decorated with as many trefoiled arch-heads; raised on a hexagonal pedestal base of two volumes, the upper one ornamented with foliage motifs. Baptismal dish with inscription; also modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 13th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.243464,
12.430639
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 14′ 36.47″ N,
12° 25′ 50.3″ E
UTM: 33U 332582 6013657