Wiefelstede / Wiefelstä

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angel - cherub - head - 4

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design element - motifs - garland

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inscription

Scene Description: two fo the the four digits of the date -the 6 and the 3- seen here in foliate cartouches

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the church has two bell towers, one detached from the main body

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view of font

Scene Description: the oak font of 1637

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22066WIE
Church/Chapel: Wiefelsteder St. Johannes-Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: Kirchstraße, 26215 Wiefelstede, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ammerland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located between highways 28 (W) and 29 (E), 10 km NNW of Oldenburg, WNW of Bremen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1637
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Johann Ludewig of Oldenburg / wooden font
Church Notes: earlier church probably mid-11thC re-building of an original wooden building; present church ca. 1200; much modified though the centuries; late-Gothic paintings uncovered in 1980 renovation
Present wood of carved and painted oak dated by an inscription to 1637; it is of the type commonly found in north-German and Scandinavian churches of the period, baluster-shaped with cherubs, garlands, etc on them, usually painted as well; they usually serve to support a metal baptismal dish in which the baptismal water is poured from a metal pitcher. A quotation [no source reference given] in the Wikipedia entry for this church cites a bill from the church archive related to the price paid to the artisan for this wooden font: "Der Block dazu hat ein Reichstaler gekostet. Meister Johann Ludewig in Oldenburg hat ihn gearbeitet für sechs Reichstaler und zwei Bündel Flachs für die Frau." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.256792, 8.114547
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 15′ 24.45″ N, 8° 6′ 52.37″ E
UTM: 32U 440931 5901203

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood, oak
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the sides of the base, each digit in a separate cartouche
Inscription Text: "1 / 6 / 3 / 7"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]