Gerdau / Gerdowe / Gherdauw / Gherdou / Gherdowe
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 April 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerdau_-_St_Michaelis_in_10_ies.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: the modern font
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 April 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerdau_-_St_Michaelis_in_16_ies.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Michaelis an der Hauptstraße in Gerdau"
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 April 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerdau_-_St_Michaelis_in_14_ies.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22008GER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1004?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische St. Michaeliskirche in Gerdau
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: original church may have dated to the early conversion of the Saxons by Charlemagne; church documented 1004; extended 16thC; renovated and enlarged late-19thC
Church Address: Hauptstraße 14, 29581 Gerdau, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5808 244
Site Location: Uelzen, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 71, 9-10 km W of Uelzen, in the municipality of Suderburg
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern [NB: we have no information on the one from the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 595280 5869600
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.96753, 10.41873
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 58′ 3.11″ N, 10° 25′ 7.43″ E