St. Wendel / Sankt Wendel
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 18th-century font from Tholey
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sebastian Decker, Messdiener Winterbach, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2013 by Sebastian Decker, Messdiener Winterbach [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilika_St._Wendel_03.jpg] [accessed 1 Fabruary 2015]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © EPei (Diskussion), 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 November 2013 by EPei (Diskussion) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilika_WND_Südansicht_1.JPG] [accessed 1 February 2015]
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view of church interior - choir - detail
Scene Description: Via Crucis; detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - monument
Scene Description: "Sarg des heiligen Wendelinus in St. Wendel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2014 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © atreyu, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 March 2014 by atreyu [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Wendel_-_Wendalinusbasilika_Innen_06.JPG] [accessed 1 February 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © atreyu, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 March 2014 by atreyu [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Wendel_-_Wendalinusbasilika_Innen_02.JPG] [accessed 1 February 2015]
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view of font cover
Scene Description: the 20th-century font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 February 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19697WEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 10th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Wendalinusbasilika / Wendelsdom
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Wendelin of Trier
Church Notes: original church here 9th-10thC; next church 14th-15thC
Church Address: Fruchtmarkt 19, 66606 Sankt Wendel, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6851 939700
Site Location: Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L131, E of road 41, 8-10 km N of Ottweiler, 36 km NE of Saarbrücken
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Trier
Additional Comments: moved font? (the present 18thC font was originally at Abtei Tholey (8thC Benedictine monastery of Tholey = Benediktinerkloster und Kirche des hl. Mauritius) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original 9th-10thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is an oval marble font of the 18th century brough acquired in 1795 from the abbey of Tholey. Its cover is modern, 20th-century. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the original church of the 9th-10th century here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 367480 5481086
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.46795, 7.17095
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 28′ 4.62″ N, 7° 10′ 15.42″ E