Konigsberg in Bayern / Königsberg in Bayern
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Scene Description: the modern font
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - chancel
![the modern font is on the left [north] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140708004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font is on the left [north] side
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: notice the modern baptismal font in the foreground, right side, roughly opposite the pulpit
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19338KON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1400?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische-lutherische Marienkirche Königsberg
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church here built 1397 to 1432; destroyed by fire 1640; restored to original design in the 20thC
Church Address: Marktpl. 8, 97486 Königsberg in Bayern, Germany
Site Location: Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 7 km NE of Haßfurt, 31 km NW of Bamberg, between Coburg and Schweinfurt
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original ca. 1400 church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font, located on the north side of the chancel, is modern; it consists of a shallow octagonal basin with a graded underbowl, raised on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with fluting, and a graded lower base, also octagonal; painted and gilded. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original ca. 1400 church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 612095 5548454
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.077778, 10.566667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 4′ 40″ N, 10° 34′ 0″ E