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

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view of church exterior - cloister - garden
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior - west façade
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font
view of font and cover
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context
view of font cover
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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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