Raesfeld / Hrothusfeld / Raosfeld
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 September 2017)
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view of font
Scene Description: the mid-19thC font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 September 2017)
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Pusch, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2011 by Thomas Pusch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Preĝejo_St._Martin_en_Raesfeld_3.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Aufnahme entstand aus einem Flugzeug heraus und wurde durch eine Glasscheibe fotografiert."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dietmar Rabich, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2014 by Dietmar Rabich [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raesfeld,_St.-Martin-Kirche_--_2014_--_2032.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font in context
Scene Description: the mid-19thC font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 September 2017)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the modern font is partially visible in the foreground, right side, in the south aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 September 2017)
view of font cover
Scene Description: the wooden cover of the mid-19thC font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 September 2017)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21513RAE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1170?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original church probably ca. 1170; destroyed (?) mid-15thC; present church mid-19thC retains the medieval tower
Church Address: Borkener Str., 46348 Raesfeld, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2865 7276
Site Location: Münster, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 10 km S of Borken, about 30 km E of the Dutch border
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Münster
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1170 church of which only the tower remains)
Font Notes:
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The present stone font, an octagonal basin on an octagonal pedestal base and base of the same shape is modern, probably of the mid-19th century re-building of this church [NB: we have no information on the font of the ca. 1170 church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font and cover
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 350964 5737637
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.769755, 6.840011
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 46′ 11.12″ N, 6° 50′ 24.04″ E