Bassum / Birsina

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: opening into the south transept
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Syker Fotograf, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Syker Fotograf 1 May 2009 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bassum_20090501_090.JPG] [accessed 24 February 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior in context - southwest view
view of church interior - chancel and east end
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 Septemvber 2015 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bassum_Stift_msu-9884.jpg] [accessed 24 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 21991BAS
Church/Chapel: Stiftskirche St. Mauritius und St. Viktor
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris] & St. Victor
Church Location: Stift 3; 27211 Bassum, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4241 2402
Country Name: Germany
Location: Diepholz, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the 51-61 crossroads, 26 km SSW of Bremen, 30 NE of Diepholz
Century and Period: 9th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: much of the original 816 Kanonissenstift monastery destroyed in 1327 fire but the main body of the church survived although the towers were destroyed. The female monastery continues to this day.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font replaces the one destroyed in a 1797 fire. [NB: we have no information on the font(s) of the previousiterations of the monastery church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.844795,
8.723322
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 50′ 41.26″ N,
8° 43′ 23.96″ E
UTM: 32U 481366 5855041