Wangen nr. Strasbourg
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date - 1687
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of church exterior - portal - tympanum
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 east
Scene Description: the stone font is partially visible in the right [southeast] corner of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21641WAN
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [simultanée] Saint-Etienne de Wangen
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, Wangen, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1687
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Renaissance
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."
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.617077,
7.464829
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 37′ 1.48″ N,
7° 27′ 53.38″ E
UTM: 32U 386857 5386027
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 Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1687"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material:
metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: painted and gilded; appear modern