Rehlingen / Fisch
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
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view of basin
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 August 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19980REH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Jakobus / Dorfkirche Sankt Jakobus / Alte Rehlinger Kirche Sankt Jakobus
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: Romanesque tower of the 12thC; rest of the church is Baroque, 18thC -- Parish church of the former now exinct village Rehlingen.
Church Address: 54439 Fisch, Germany
Site Location: Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L132, 1 km E of Fisch, 5-6 km W of road 51 and Saarburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern; it consists of a round basin decorated with waves, a pilgrim's shell symbol, a fish [dolphin?], etc.; raised on a slender circular pedestal. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the 12th-century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 319565 5498984
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.61645, 6.50201
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 36′ 59.22″ N, 6° 30′ 7.24″ E