Greven No. 1 / Graiwen
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dietmar Rabich, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2014 by Dietmar Rabich [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greven,_St.-Martinus-Kirche_--_2014_--_9854.jpg] [accessed 9 February 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20349GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 8th - 12th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martinus
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original wooden church ca. 792?; first stone church 12thC, of which the tower remains;
Church Address: Marktstraße 5, 48268 Greven, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2571 5408200
Site Location: Münsterland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the 219-481 crossroads, W of Hwy 1, in the district of Steinfurt, about 20 km N of Münster
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the one(s) from the 8thC and 12thC churches here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font(s) of the original 8th- or 12th-century church here -- the present font is late-18th century [cf. Index entry for Greven No. 2] -- the other churches in Greven, St. Joseph's and St. Mariä Himmelfahrt's are modern and have modern fonts]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 404870 5772251
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.092639, 7.611389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 5′ 33.5″ N, 7° 36′ 41″ E