Bocholt / Bocholt nr. Essen and Dortmund
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: showing the wooden frame for the cover and the basin interior; there are two holes in the frame to give access to the petal staples in the upper rim of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 30 August 2017)
view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.-Georg-Kirche in Bocholt Pfingsten 2012".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bocholter, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2012 by Bocholter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.-Georg-Kirche_Bocholt.JPG] [accessed 1 September 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bocholt an der Bocholter Aa mit St. Georgskirche".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 July 2009 by Gouwenaar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bocholt_met_St_Joriskerk.jpg] [accessed 1 September 2017]
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view of church interior - crucifix
Scene Description: Source caption: "Das Bocholter Kreuz in der Pfarrkirche St. Georg ist ein gotisches Gabelkreuz aus dem 14. Jahrhundert. Es wurde im Zusammenhang mit einem Blutwunder am Ostermontag 1315 erstmals erwähnt."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Günter Seggebäing, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 March 2015 by Günter Seggebäing [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20150328_Bocholter_Kreuz_(09022).jpg] [accessed 1 September 2017]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 30 August 2017)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 30 August 2017)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font in the modern Katholische Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen of Bocholt
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 September 2017)
INFORMATION
FontID: 21463BOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche St. Georg / Römisch-katholische Kirche St. Georg
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Sankt-Georg-Platz 11-13, Bocholt, NRW 46399, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Münster, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 67, NW of Essen and Dortmund [the church is located in the old town centre, near the town hall]
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Münster
Historical Region: Münsterland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1600?
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: wooden church here probably ca. 800; re-built in stone 12thC; re-built 14thC; tower added in late-15thC; church badly damaged by British bombings in WWII; reconstructed 1950s
Font Notes:
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The present the font in this church is relatively late given the origins of the church in Bocholt, ca. 1600 according to local sources; it consists of a hexagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a hexagonal pedestal base decorated with piping at the angles, and a moulded lower base, also hexagonal. A wooden frame is fitted on the top of the basin to support a font cover; it has two holes to give access to the metal staples in the upper rim of the basin. [NB: we have no information on the fonts(s) of the earlier church(es) here]. [NB: the Katholische Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen is modern, of the late 18th century, re-built in 1960s-1970s after being burned down in WWII].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.838169, 6.613741
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 50′ 17.41″ N, 6° 36′ 49.47″ E
UTM: 32U 335603 5745732
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]