Elbergen
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2013 by Quapan [www.flickr.com/photos/9361468@N05/10824852235] [accessed 10 February 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Quapan, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2013 by Quapan [www.flickr.com/photos/9361468@N05/10824852235] [accessed 10 February 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20352ELB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Kirche St. Johannes der Täufer
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: present church built ca. 1300; first documented 1338; re-built 1400; expanded 1740s; major renovation ca. 1990
Church Address: Elbergen 11, 48488 Emsbüren, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5903 931020
Site Location: Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L40, W of road 70 and the Ems river, in the municipality and 8-9 km N of Emsbüren
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Osnabrück
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original ca. 1300 church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font, polygonal and plain, located in the chancel, south side, is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 385125 5812898
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 27' 5.37" N, 7° 18' 39.07" E