Idar-Oberstein No. 2
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 16 February 2015)
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symbol - cross - swastika
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 16 February 2015)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 16 February 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19730IDA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: ca. 1500?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Felsenkirche [St. Walburga?]
Font Location in Church: Inside the
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Walburga [aka Walpurgis, Vaubourg]
Church Notes: original church here 1482-1484; patron saint probably St. Walburga, but no confirmation found; much modified 18th, 19th and 20thC
Church Address: Im Gebück, 55743 Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Site Location: Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off highway 41, on the S edge of the Hunsrück, on the banks of the Nahe river, SW of Mainz, ESE of Trier
Font Notes:
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Irregular stone bowl now mounted on a cast iron (?) frame; the bowl sides have a couple of incised motifs, one of which is an irregular svastika; not known when this motif was carved, but it could be modern; date unknown.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church, font and stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 379435 5507214
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.705361, 7.327861
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 42′ 19.3″ N, 7° 19′ 40.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round