Drensteinfurt / Dreisteinfurt / Stewwert

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design element - motifs - vine

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design element - patterns - fluted

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view of church exterior - northwest end

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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view of church interior - east end

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view of font

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Image Source: illustration in Roosval (1918)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19406DRE
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Regina Drensteinfurt
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Kirchplatz 4, 48317 Drensteinfurt, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located WNW of Ahlen, SSE of Münster; St-Regina is located in the old town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Münster
Font Location in Church: Font now located inside the church, in the presbitery, by the altar [formerly in an alcove at the W end of the nave]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: fortified manor church originally ca. 1170; re-built in 1785 and made parochial; expanded ca. 1890 into a two-aisle church; restored in 2007-2008
Baptismal font of stone noted and illustrated in Roosval (1918) [NB: Roosval spells the name "Dreisteinfurt"]. The font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin, slightly tapering in towards the bottom; there is a band of vine decoration below the upper rim, the sides proper with a fluted pattern all around; raised on a low moulded lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.797931, 7.742008
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 47′ 52.55″ N, 7° 44′ 31.23″ E
UTM: 32U 413251 5739312

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918