Greven No. 2 / Graiwen

INFORMATION

FontID: 20350GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martinus
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Marktstraße 5, 48268 Greven, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2571 5408200
Country Name: Germany
Location: Münsterland, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located in the district of Steinfurt, between Münster and Osnabrück
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Date: 1690
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Church Notes: original wooden church ca. 792?; first stone church 12thC, of which the tower remains;
Font Notes:
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.092639, 7.611389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 5′ 33.5″ N, 7° 36′ 41″ E
UTM: 32U 404870 5772251

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "IHS"
Inscription Source: see Images area