Nordhausen No. 2 / Nordhusa / Nordhuse / Nordhusen / Northusia
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nordhausen,St. Blasii-Kirche am Pferdemarkt".
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21703NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1591
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasii-Altendorf
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Blaise [aka Biagio, Blas, Blásios, Blasius]
Church Notes: earlier church probably 1220 documented 1234; much modified through the centuries; seriously damaged in Allied bombings of 4 April 1945; restored 1949, 2004, 2014-2015
Church Address: Barfüßerstraße 2, 99734 Nordhausen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3631 981640
Site Location: Nordhausen, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the highways 4-38 crossroads, 60 km E of Göttingen, 80 km W of Halle (Saale)
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font in Nordhausen St, Blasii is mentioned in Benjamin Gottfried Weinart's 'Versuch einer Litteratur der Sächsischen Geschichte und Staatskunde [...]' (Dresden und Leipzig, 1790), p. 735. The wooden baptismal font in this church was donated by Ottilie Ernst, and made by Lorentz Fronhausen, a local woodcarver and carpenter.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 624546 5707483
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.504741, 10.794531
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 17.07″ N, 10° 47′ 40.31″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood