Probsteierhagen / Carstenhagen / Carstenshagen / Habener Carspel and Hagenn / Karstenshagen / Kercenhagen / Kersenhagen / Kerstenshagen / Kerzenhaghen / Probsteyer Hagen

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Apostle or saint - St. Catherine of Alexandria - with wheel and sword

Scene Description: patron saint of this church

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cleric - holding book - standing - 3

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human figure - head

Scene Description: protruding from the upper rim of the basin; was the anchoring point for the original font cover

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inscription

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21687PRO

Church/Chapel: Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Katharinen

Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]

Church Location: Alte Dorfstraße 49, 24253 Probsteierhagen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4348 911311

Country Name: Germany

Location: Plön, Schleswig-Holstein

Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 502, 10 km NE of Kiel

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Lübeck

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1454

Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Late Gothic

Church Notes: church documented 1259 but a church may have existed here ca. 1200; re-built 18thC

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Bptismal font of bronze made in 1454; it consists of a roughly bucket-shaped basin that has a protruding guman head at the upper rim, part of the locking hardware for the original font cover; a running inscription on the side of the upper rim; the patron saint of this church, St. Catherine of Alexandria, appears on the side of the font holding her identifying symbols, the crown, the sword and the wheel; the basin is raised on three standing figures holding books; they appear to be clerics. A modern wooden plinth has been added to the base. No font cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.36269, 10.28784

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 21′ 45.68″ N, 10° 17′ 16.22″ E

UTM: 32U 583680 6024640

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on the outer side of the upper rim