Schapen / Scapaham / Scaphem

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view of church exterior - bell tower

Scene Description: the detached bell tower of the earlier church; said to be originally from 1903, it escaped the demolition (1930-1931) of the main church building, to be used 1933-17975 as fire-hall

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2008 by Ramsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alter_Glockenturm_Schapen.JPG] [accessed 18 November 2018]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: re--built after the demolition of the earlier church in 1930-1931 -- the new tower is at the northeast end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2008 by Ramsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katholische_Kirche_Schapen.JPG] [accessed 18 November 2018]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portal der Pfarrkirche St. Ludgerus in Schapen, Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J.-H. Janßen, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 October 2012 by J.-H. Janßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schapen_St_Ludgerus_03.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20177SCH
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche St. Ludgerus Schapen / Pfarrkirche St. Ludgerus
Church Patron Saints: St. Liudger [aka Ludger, Ludgerus, 9thC bishop of Münster]
Church Location: Kirchstraße 2 , 48480 Schapen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5458 640
Country Name: Germany
Location: Emsland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the K316 road, NW of Rheine, SE of Lingen, WNW of Osnabrück
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Osnabrück
Historical Region: Grafschaft Tecklenburg --> Grafschaft Lingen --> Prussia / Preußen --> Königreich Hannover
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bentheim font, Berge b. Type II [Drake]
Church Notes: medieval church demolished 1930-1931; detached tower survived, used 1933-1975 as fire station
Medieval baptismal font listed in Drake (2002) as a baptismal font of the "Bentheim School, Berge b. Type II", a group of fonts that includes those at Alfhausen, Badbergen, Bippen, Borken, Heek, Lathen, Nordherringen, Salzbergen, Schapen, Schepsdorf, Südkirchen, Utrecht (Katharinenkonvent), Weerselo, Wettringen and Wissel. [NB: we have been unable to find corroboration for the above information on this font / 18 November 2018].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.40943, 7.55186
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 33.95″ N, 7° 33′ 6.7″ E
UTM: 32U 401497 5807564

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Bentheim)

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002