Hindisheim No. 3 / Hindse
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindisheim_ChVierge_09.JPG] [accessed 25 February 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21630HIN
Church/Chapel: Chapelle de la Vierge
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: rue de la Gare, 67150 Hindisheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D207, 20 km SE of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted inside the chapel
Church Notes: chapel originally 14thC; listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00023299]: "Chapelle de pèlerinage, mur et fenêtre axiale du choeur, épi de faîtage du 14e siècle ; nef du 16e siècle : date 1553 au-dessus du portail ; fenêtres du choeur et corniche du 18e siècle ; restauration en 1832".
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Wall-mounted holy-water stoup inside the chapel; it appears to be early; a cylindrical basin with some worn motif at the front corners; perhaps a remain from the 14th-century original chapel here?
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.467587,
7.63886
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 28′ 3.31″ N,
7° 38′ 19.9″ E
UTM: 32U 399387 5369167
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round