Gehrden nr. Ronnenberg / Gerda
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view of font - east side
view of font and cover - north side
view of font and cover - northwest side
view of basin - interior - detail
view of basin - detail
view of basin - interior
view of basin - upper view
design element - motifs - vine
view of church exterior - north portal - door - detail
view of church exterior - north portal
view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum
view of church exterior - west portal
view of church exterior - northwest end
view of church exterior - northwest end - detail
view of church exterior - northeast end
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - west tower - south view
view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19445GEH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2014-08-09
Font Date: ca. 1250?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Transitional? / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Margarethenkirche Gehrden
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Notes: there may have been a church here since the late 11thC; the present church dates from ca.1250
Church Address: Kirchstraße 2, Gehrden, Region Hannover, Germany
Site Location: Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located W of Ronnenberg, SE of Hannover
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hannover
Additional Comments: damaged font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a vine of scrolls and floral motifs all around the upper basin side, raised on a modern plain cylindrical pedestal. There is cobsiderable damage to the upper rim of the basin, obviously related to the metal staples of an old cover. The present font cover, a low brass dome, is modern. The nearby St.-Bonifatius-Kirche (Roman Catholic ), in Gartenstraße, is early 20th-century and has a modern font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 540977 5796033
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.3131, 9.6011
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 18′ 47.16″ N, 9° 36′ 3.96″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 72-73 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 89 cm
Basin Depth: 36 cm
Basin Total Height: 51 cm
Height of Base: 33 cm [modern]
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]