Konigstein / Koenigstein / Königstein
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 September 2014)
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diether, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2012 by Diether [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stadtkirche_St._Marien_Königstein.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 6 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the font is visible in the presbitery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Killer queen1, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2011 by Killer queen1 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stadtkirche_Königstein_(Sachsen)_01.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 September 2014)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 September 2014)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19457KON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Stadtkirche St. Marien Königstein
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Goethestr., 01824 Königstein, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off the 172, between Pirna and the Czech border at the confluence of the Biela with the Elbe
Date: ca. 1450?
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the modern font here
Church Notes: church originally ca.1450; damaged by fire 1559; re-built 1704-1724; destroyed by fire 1810; re-built 1823; restored late-20thC
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, a dark-stone basin raised on clistered columns with capitals and bases; JHS symbol in a quatrefoil on the basin side. Located at the presbitery. [NB: we have no information on the font of the mid-15th century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.9183, 14.072164
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 55′ 5.88″ N, 14° 4′ 19.79″ E
UTM: 33U 434780 5641150