Wahlenheim / Wàhle / Walchom

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Results: 8 records
date - 1616
design element - motifs - flat moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font and cover
view of font cover
Scene Description: the modern font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 July 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wahlenheim_AssomptionVierge_21.JPG] [accessed 2 March 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21640WAH
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de l'Assomption-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: rue principale, 67170 Wahlenheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the D144-D419 crossroads, SW of Haguenau, NNW of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1616
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Church Notes: original church documented 13thC; re-built 1781; listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00061806]: "La première mention de l'église remonte à la fin du 13e siècle ; elle est reconstruite en 1781".
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Sandstone baptismal font dated 1616 by an inscription; listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67001975]: "fonts baptismaux [grès] [...] décor néo-rococo sur le couvercle [cuivre]".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.177482,
7.218712
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 10′ 38.93″ N,
7° 13′ 7.36″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67001975] [additional measurement in this source: "pr = 60"]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the sides of the base
Inscription Text: 1616
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: moder
Material:
metal,
copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]