Dortmund No. 3

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inscription - detail
view of basin and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21546DOR
Church/Chapel: Marienkirche / Evangelische Stadtkirche St. Marien
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Kleppingstraße 5, 44135 Dortmund, Germany -- Tel.: +49 231 526548
Country Name: Germany
Location: Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off the B1-B54 crossroads, ENE of Bocum, in the Rhur region
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Date: 1687
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font / heraldic font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
On-site notes: baptismal font made of wood; it consists of a hexagonal basin bearing an inscription identifying the donors and the date 1687 on its sides; raised on six torsade columns at the angles and a moulded pill-bax shaped base, also hexagonal; wooden dome cover of hexagonal shape with raised foliated arrises; pineapple finial. [cf. Index entry for Dortmund No. 2 for the medieval font in this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.514167,
7.4675
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 30′ 51″ N,
7° 28′ 3″ E
UTM: 32U 393661 5708118
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Text: "HERMAN MALLINCKRODT UND GERTRUD EICHEN EHELEUTE HABEN DIESE TAUFE ZUR EHRE GOTTES IN S. MARIAE KIRCHE GEGEBEN ANNO 1687"