Ohne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20219OHN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bentheim font, group Hage A.a. Type I [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Ohne
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Notes: church built ca. 1220-1225; tower added late-13thC; re-built 15thC
Church Address: Dorf (ohne Hausnummer) 48565 Ohne, Schüttorf, Germany
Site Location: Grafschaft Bentheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) Hwy 31, in the municipality and 6-7 km SE of Schüttorf, about 25 km ENE of Enschede
Font Notes:
Drake (2002) lists a font at Roden in group Hage A.a. Type I, of the Bentheim School [listed in this group are the fints at: Berum (F), Forlitz-Baukirchen, Hage, Kappeln, Keitum, Ohne, Roden, Westochtersum and Wesuwe). The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformierte_Kirche_(Ohne)] [accessed 4 October 2025] reports a 13th-century font in it: "Das Taufbecken stammt aus dem 13. Jahrhundert."

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 382861 5792798
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.273064, 7.283155
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 16′ 23.03″ N, 7° 16′ 59.36″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Bentheim)

REFERENCES

  • Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 178