Neuzelle / Cella Nova / Nova Cella / Nowa Cala / Sławin

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view of church exterior - cloister - garden

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2014 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Petrus Silesius, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 October 2008 by Petrus Silesius [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuzelle_Klosterkirche_SO.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2014]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014

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view of font

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font cover

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view of font cover - finial

Scene Description: Baptism of Christ

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19461NEU
Church/Chapel: Klosterkirche St. Marien [aka Klosterkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt / Katholische Pfarrkirche Beata Maria Virgo]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Stiftsplatz 5, D-15898 Neuzelle, Germany -- Tel.: +49 (0) 03 36 52 / 2 82
Country Name: Germany
Location: Oder-Spree, Brandenburg
Directions to Site: Located 8 km S of Eisenhüttenstadt, near the Polish border
Historical Region: Lower Lusatia / Niederlausitz / Łużyce Dolne
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for the information on, and his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: monastery founded 1268
The present font appears late-Baroque, a round basin with moulded and castellated sides and underbowl, on a bulbous square pedestal base; red and grey marble. Cover to match with scene of the Baptism of Christ on a round moulded base with flowers, coloured stones, etc.; painted and gilded. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]. The font in the nearby parish church is modern as well.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.090556, 14.652222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 5′ 26″ N, 14° 39′ 8″ E
UTM: 33U 476173 5771167