Ribnitz / Ribnitz-Damgarten

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view of baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Darkone, 2004

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norbert Kaiser, 2008

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Photo caption: "Market place in Ribnitz-Damgarten [...] view from the fountain to St Mary's church."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rimshot, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 October 2007 by Rimshot [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fountain_and_St_Mary's_church_in_RDG_1.jpg] [accessed 7 July 2014]

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view of church interior - chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of font and baptismal dish

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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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
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