Neuenkirchen in Land Hadeln / Neenkarken / Niederelbe
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view of font and cover in context - south side
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view of font and cover - west side
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view of font and cover - southwest side
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view of font and cover - southeast side
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view of font and cover - south side
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - handle - 2
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Christ - Christ in Majesty?
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Via Crucis - Simon of Cyrene?
Scene Description: the figure to the right has a hand on the cross
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Deposition?
Scene Description: or Ecce Homo?
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Christ - Christ in Majesty?
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New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Harrowing of Hell?
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary? - John the Evangelist?
Scene Description: Inscription on cross reads IESVS, not INRI; two other persons in the scene could be Mary (left) and John with book (right)
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
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Scene Description: two sets [cf. FontNotes]
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: north side of the chancel
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view of font cover
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view of font cover
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Scene Description: the cover, the baptismal dish and the insert to support the dish [the latter upsidedown]
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human figure - male - standing - hands together at front
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human figure - male - standing - hands together at front
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human figure - male - standing - hands together at front
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human figure - male - standing - hands together at front - detail
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19422NEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2014-08-05
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Otterndorf
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische St. Marien, Neuenkirchen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side of the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original church 14thC; tower restored 1990s
Church Address: Dorfstraße 17, 21763 Neuenkirchen, Germany
Site Location: Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the K15-117 crossroads, S of the B73, 4-5 km S of Otterndorf, 20 km SE of Cuxhaven, about 35 km NNE of Bremerhaven
Historical Region: Land Hadeln
Font Notes:
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Bronze baptismal font from the first half of the 14th century; basin decorated with Passion scenes; raised on on three supporting figures, noted in the German Wikipedia entry for this church [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marien_(Neuenkirchen)] [accessed 26 September 2025]. On-site notes: baptismal font made of bronze; the basin is bell-shaped with two handles at opposite end of the upper rim; rests on three cast standing figures; the sides of the basin are decorated with a total of eighteen reliefs: a Crucifixion scene and smaller medallions with small scenes repeated around it: Crucifixion scene: inscription on cross reads IESVS, not INRI; two other persons in the scene could be Mary (left) and John with book (right); Harrowing of Hell?: Christ gathers the souls out of Hell; framed in a cricle and and inner hexafoil shape; two other scenes are similar, both showing a haloed figure seated, holding a book in the right hand, the left hand raised; one is framed in a Gothic arch; another scene framed in a circle appears to be the Deposition or the Ecce Homo; another scene framed in a circle shows Christ carrying the cross helped by Simon of Cyrene. There are two sets of very thin mouldings: the upper one has three mouldings; the lower one has five. The three figures on which the basin is supported are young men, perhaps clerics, their hands held together in front. The flat round cover has a cross finial/handle; the upper surface of the cover is decorated with symbols and motifs. The font is used now with a modern baptismal dish insert made of metal; it rests on a round support with three legs.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the anonymous persistent Neuenkirchener [he appears on a fonting photograph] who went through lengthy and meandering undertakings to make possible our access to this church and font. Vielen Dank!
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 492997 5958766
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 46′ 37.31″ N, 8° 53′ 41.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 2.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 62 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm
Basin Depth: 44 cm
Basin Total Height: 45 cm
Height of Base: 39-46 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the upper part of the cross, in the Crucifixion scene
Inscription Text: "IESVS"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, bronze?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]