Heppens in Wilhelmshaven No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20354HEP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bentheim font
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Lutherische Heppenser St. Nikolai Kirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: present church 1495
Church Address: Heppenser Str. 29, 26384 Wilhelmshaven, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4421 302279
Site Location: Wilhelmshaven, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Heppens is now part of Wilhelmshaven
Historical Region: Rüstringen, Oldenburg
Additional Comments: unable to get an image of this font thus far [Feb 2016]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Die Bau- und Kuns... (1896-1909). Listed in Ligtenberg (1915). The Nordsee Stadt Wilhelmshaven entry for this church [www.wilhelmshaven.de/tourismus_freizeit/heppenser-kirche.htm] [accessed 10 February 2016] confirms the presence of a "Taufstein aus den Anfängen des 13. Jahrhunderts" in it. The entry for this church in Wilhelshaven Touristik [www.wilhelmshaven-touristik.de/wt/DE/Ueber_WHV/index/Heppenser-Kirche-–-St.-Nikolai] [accessed 10 February 2016] too, confirms the presence of an early font, and suggests it might have been originally from the church at Dauens, which fell into the sea.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 442206 5931832
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.532222, 8.128056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 31′ 56″ N, 8° 7′ 41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Bentheim)

REFERENCES

  • Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Herzogtums Oldenburg (5 Heften), München: MDZ, 1896-1909, Heft II, Amt Rüstringen: 312, Abt. 304
  • Ligtenberg, Raphael, "Romaansche doopvonten in Nederland: De hardsteenen vonten", VIII, 2 [Tweede serie], Bulletin van den Nederlandschen Oudheidkundigen Bond, 1915, pp. 154-190, 236-252; p. 173