Wangen nr. Strasbourg
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view of font and cover
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date - 1687
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view of church exterior - portal - tympanum
![listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67010676]: "tympan [grès] Inscription ANNO DOM. MCCIIII FACTA EST HAEC ECCLESIA SVB IMPERATORE FREDERICO. AGNE DEI MISERERE MEI. QVI CRIMINA TOLLIS et relief provenant de l'église primitive, faisant mention de la date 1214 et de l'empereur Frédéric II de Hohenstaufen." -- the old tympanum from the original church is now displayed inside the re-built church of 1831](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180302026_compressed.png)
Scene Description: listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67010676]: "tympan [grès] Inscription ANNO DOM. MCCIIII FACTA EST HAEC ECCLESIA SVB IMPERATORE FREDERICO. AGNE DEI MISERERE MEI. QVI CRIMINA TOLLIS et relief provenant de l'église primitive, faisant mention de la date 1214 et de l'empereur Frédéric II de Hohenstaufen." -- the old tympanum from the original church is now displayed inside the re-built church of 1831
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 28 May 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wangen_21.JPG] [accessed 2 March 2018]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest end
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![the stone font is partially visible in the right [southeast] corner of the nave](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180302027_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the stone font is partially visible in the right [southeast] corner of the nave
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21641WAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1687
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [simultanée] Saint-Etienne de Wangen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: original church early 13thC; listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA67000035 / IA67006252]: "L'église primitive remonte au 13e siècle ; elle aurait été élevée en 1214 sous le règne de Frédéric II de Hohenstaufen comme le précise un tympan en grès sculpté de l'Agneau de Dieu, vestige le plus ancien conservé. Un fragment de vitrail gothique représentant un Christ trônant a été inséré dans la verrière du portail d'entrée de l'édifice actuel, reconstruit en 1831."
Church Address: 89 Pl. de l'Église, 67520 Wangen, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D842, 1-2 km WSW of Marienheim, 3 km SE of Wasselonne, about 15 km WNW of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca.1214 church here)
Font Notes:
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Sandstone baptismal font dated 1687 by an inscription, from an earlier church here; listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67010679]: "Fonts baptismaux [grès] de section ogtogonale [...] datés 1687 provenant vraisemblablement de l'ancienne église [...] Restauration. Le couvercle n'est pas d'origine." The font consists of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, the date 1687 carved and gilded on its side, on a moulded octagonal pedestal base; the font has been restored. Metal domed cover, painted and gilded, with orb-and-cross finial; locked to the side of the basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 386857 5386027
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.617077, 7.464829
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 37′ 1.48″ N, 7° 27′ 53.38″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Notes on Measurements: Palissy [ref.: IM67010679] has: "h = 170 (Hauteur totale)" [i.e., including the cover]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1687"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: painted and gilded; appear modern
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.