Greven No. 2 / Graiwen
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20350GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1690
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martinus
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
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
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kirchengucker [www.kirchengucker.de/kirchengucken/martinuskirche/] [accessed 9 February 2016]: a baptismal font of light sandstone dated 1680 and decorated with the IHS symbol. [NB: for the earlier font(s) of the original 8th- or 12th-century church here cf. Index entry for Greven No. 1] -- 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
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "IHS"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: see Images area