Hiddensee

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image and permission received (e-mail of 23 July 2014)

Results: 7 records

design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of base

Scene Description: is this the base of the medieval font here?

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - tombstone

Scene Description: Abbot Johannes Runnenberg († 1475)

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of church interior - statue - angel

Scene Description: Taufengel -- together with the ceiling, the work of Nicholas Miemeier, painter from Berlin [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 18thC font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19383HID
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche Hiddensee / Hiddenseer Inselkirche / Zisterzienserkloster Kirche
Church Location: Kircheweg, 18565 Hiddensee, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenbourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located on the island of H1ddensee
Historical Region: Duchy of Pomerania -- Prussia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side
Date: ca. 1332? [base only?]
Century and Period: 14th century [base only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: former church of the Cistercian monastery on th island; consecrated 1332; re-built late-18thC; served as parish church to the island
Noted in the Parish web site [www.kirche-hiddensee.de/index.html] [accessed 26 July 2014]. The white-and-blue painted font and the fat angel above are apparently a combination used for baptisms; the angel is brought down via a pulley; both are dated to the mid-18th century. There is no information available on the earlier font here but there is an interesting object on the step of the presbitery, close to the present font, roughly cylindrical with a thick roll moulding atop, that looks suspiciously like a medieval font base. Is it?

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.587189, 13.109
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 35′ 13.88″ N, 13° 6′ 32.4″ E
UTM: 33U 377804 6050499

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone