Vilmnitz / Vylmenytze

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: 1913 postcard, J. van Aaken, Putbus-Rügen [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maria-Magdalena-Kirche_(Vilmnitz)] [accessed 20 July 2014]

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view of church exterior - west end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AlterWolf49, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2011 by AlterWolf49 [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Kirche_außen_vorne_Vilmnitz.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2014

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klug Schnacker, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2011 by Klug Schnacker [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Vilmnitz,_Kirche_(2011-05-21)_2.JPG] [accessed 20 July 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the font is visible in the chancel, just west of the presbitery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of church interior - west end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AlterWolf49, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2011 by AlterWolf49 [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Orgel_3_Vilmnitz.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2014

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19362VIL
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch Kirche St. Maria Magdalena
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Chausseestr. 1, 18581 Putbus, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenbourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located 8-10 km from Bergen auf Rügen, on the island of Rügen, on the Baltic Sea coast
Historical Region: Duchy of Pomerania -- Prussia
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: original church ca. 1200; first documented May 1249;
The present baptismal font in this church, located in the chancel, consists of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on an octagonal pedestal base and lower base of the same shape; the sides of the basin have a band of foliage, with large trefoiled panels with floral motifs inscribed in them; centre ring moulding; trefoiled niches on the stem sides; moulded lower base. Flat carved octagonal cover; wooden? The font appears modern, of a late-Gothic design.

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Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 21′ 27″ N, 13° 31′ 4″ E