Vierzehnheiligen in Bad Staffelstein
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view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die nach Westen hin ausgerichtete Doppelturmfassade im Stil des Spätbarock der Basilika Vierzehnheiligen bei Bad Staffelstein."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aarp65, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 28 June 2011 by Aarp65 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doppelturmfassade_Vierzehnheiligen_01.JPG] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steffen Prößdorf, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2011 by Steffen Prößdorf [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilika_Vierzehnheiligen_by_Stepro_IMG_0244.JPG] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steffen Prößdorf, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2011 by Steffen Prößdorf [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilika_Vierzehnheiligen_by_Stepro_IMG_0241.JPG] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the Basilika is on the left; Kloster Banz up the hill, on the right
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Image Source: engraving in Die Gartenlaube (Leipzig: Ernst Keil, 1872), p. 681
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schubbay, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2005 by Schubbay [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vierzehnheiligen_I.JPG] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Klosterkirche Vierzehnheiligen bei Staffelstein, Oberes Maintal, Bayern"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Presse03, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 March 2009 by Presse03 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vierzehnheiligen_Luftbild.jpg] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church interior - altar
Scene Description: the main altar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - altar
Scene Description: the 'Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar' in the centre of the nave; it is dedicated to the fourteen patron saints of this church: Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: the 'Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar' in the centre of the nave; it is dedicated to the fourteen patron saints of this church: Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: the 'Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar' in the centre of the nave; it is dedicated to the fourteen patron saints of this church: Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: the 'Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar' in the centre of the nave; it is dedicated to the fourteen patron saints of this church: Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: the 'Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar' in the centre of the nave; it is dedicated to the fourteen patron saints of this church: Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: the 'Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar' in the centre of the nave; it is dedicated to the fourteen patron saints of this church: Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - altar - east side
Scene Description: Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar ca. 1891
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Image Source: engraving in the German 1891 encyclopedia Joseph Kürschner (editor): “Pierers Konversationslexikon”. Pierers Konversationslexikon. Siebente Auflage. Mit Universal-Sprachen-Lexikon nach Prof. Joseph Kürschners System. Union. (published by) Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft in Stuttgart, 1891. herausgegeben von (edited by) Joseph Kürschner [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:14HeiligenGnadenaltar.jpg] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church interior - altar - east side
Scene Description: Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2009 by Mattana [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilika_Vierzehnheiligen_007.JPG] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenansicht der Basilika Vierzehnheiligen bei Bad Staffelstein, welche von 1743 bis1772 durch den Architekten Balthasar Neumann im Stil des Rokoko erbaut wurde."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aarp65, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 28 June 2011 by Aarp65 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilika_Vierzehnheiligen_06.JPG] [accessed 14 December 2014]
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view of font
Scene Description: the present font; probably mid-18th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
view of font
Scene Description: the present font; probably mid-18th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
view of font
Scene Description: the present font; probably mid-18th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2014)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19570VIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Wallfahrtsbasilika Vierzehnheiligen
Church Patron Saints: Vierzehnheiligen [Saints Agathius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Denis, Erasmus, Eustachius, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon and Vitus]
Church Location: Vierzehnheiligen 2, 96231 Bad Staffelstein, Germany -- Tel.: +49 9571 95080
Country Name: Germany
Location: Oberfranken, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located near Bamberg -- this church makes up the "Goldene Pforte" with Kloster/Schloss Banz, opposite, the gate to the cities of Coburg, Kronach, Kulmbach and Bayreuth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Bamberg
Historical Region: Herzogtum Franken
Date: ca. 1448?
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: original Cistercian chapel here consecrated 1448; present basilica built 1743-1772
Font Notes:
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The present font is probably the original of the mid-18th century building. [NB: we have no information on the font from the mid-15th century chapel here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.115556, 11.054444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 6′ 56″ N, 11° 3′ 16″ E
UTM: 32U 646877 5553500