Cologne No. 14 / Cologne / Colonia Agrippina / Köln / Koln
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![a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century but the ruins of the font remain -- the present entrance hall [Vorraum] for the batistry space was built in 2013-2016](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1191014018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century but the ruins of the font remain -- the present entrance hall [Vorraum] for the batistry space was built in 2013-2016
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raimond Spekking, 2015
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 9 September 2015 by Raimond Spekking [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Übergabe_Rohbau_Baptisterium_Kölner_Dom-9567.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of baptistery - plan
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 February 2020 by BSI
view of basin - detail
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © My ling, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograh taken 4 August 2011 by My ling [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spektakuläre_Ansicht_vom_Kölner_Dom.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Siebbi, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 November 2017 by Siebbi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cologne_Cathedral_(46053460).jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Judith Strücker, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2006 by Judith Strücker [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koeln_RdFlug_2.JPG] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Wolf, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2017 by Thomas Wolf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kölner_Dom_von_Osten.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: artist's rendering of the original Early-Christian baptistery
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - choir - painting - detail
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view of church interior - choir - painting - detail
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view of church interior - choir - painting - detail
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view of church interior - choir - painting - detail
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view of church interior - floor - mosaic
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view of church interior - floor - mosaic
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view of church interior - floor - mosaic
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexey Komarov, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2016 by Alexey Komarov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cologne_Cathedral-2016-08-05-1.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arabsalam, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 September 2017 by Arabsalam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kölner_Dom_165.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of church interior - mosaic
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view of church interior - nave - detail
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view of church interior - object
Scene Description: probably a holy-water reservoir
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
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Scene Description: probably a holy-water reservoir
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view of church interior - shrine
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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view of church interior - shrine
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine
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view of church interior - shrine
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view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
Scene Description: the Shrine of the Three Kings / Dreikönigenschrein (1180-1225)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2020 by BSI
view of church interior - shrine - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 February 2020 by BSI
view of font
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raimond Spekking, 2015
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 9 September 2015 by Raimond Spekking [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Übergabe_Rohbau_Baptisterium_Kölner_Dom-9589.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of font
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century -- one of the 'radial' protrusions from the font, seen here in the bottom right corner appears hollow; it might have been one of the drainage or intake conduits for the water
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raimond Spekking, 2015
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 9 September 2015 by Raimond Spekking [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Übergabe_Rohbau_Baptisterium_Kölner_Dom-9593.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of font
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raimond Spekking, 2015
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 9 September 2015 by Raimond Spekking [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Übergabe_Rohbau_Baptisterium_Kölner_Dom-9596.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of font
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 February 2020 by BSI
view of font
![Source caption: "Das achteckige Taufbecken stammt wahrscheinlich aus dem 6. Jahrhundert / ( Erzbistum Köln )" -- after its relocation in 2016 [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Das achteckige Taufbecken stammt wahrscheinlich aus dem 6. Jahrhundert / ( Erzbistum Köln )" -- after its relocation in 2016 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edgar Schnicke / DOMRADIO.DE, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in DOMRADIO.DE DOMRADIO.DE [https://www.domradio.de/artikel/neue-raeumlichkeiten-am-baptisterium-der-ostseite-des-koelner-doms-eingeweiht] [accessed 24 October 2022]
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view of font - basin - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font - basin - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font - basin - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font - basin - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font - basin - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font - basin - detail
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: one of the later fonts in the cathedral
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2012 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Köln_-_Dom_in_12_ies.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raimond Spekking, 2015
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 9 September 2015 by Raimond Spekking [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Übergabe_Rohbau_Baptisterium_Kölner_Dom-9579.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2019]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: ruins of the baptismal font from a free-standing 7th-century baptistery existed in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2020 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 22401KOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Church/Chapel: Kölner Dom / Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Köln, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 51 [aka Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer], and the Hohenzoller bridge, in the Innenstadt
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzbistum Köln
Font Location in Church: Inside a newly built space at the E end of the cathedral
Century and Period: 7th century, Early Christian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We agrateful to Pol Herman for his additional help in documenting this font
Church Notes: construction of the present cathedral started mid-13thC but halted 1478 unfinished; restarted 1840 and completed 1880
Font Notes:
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Remains of the baptismal font of the free-standing 7th-century baptistery in what is now the east end of the cathedral; the baptistery itself was demolished in the 9th century. Excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries discovered a second pool [Becken] underneath this one, but it could not be ascertained that it was intended for baptismal purposes. Edgar Schnicke's article Neue Räumlichkeiten am Baptisterium an der Ostseite des Kölner Doms eingeweiht: "Eine neue Fassung eines alten Schmucksteins" Am Sonntag wurden die neuen Räumlichkeiten des frühchristlichen Baptisteriums an der Ostseite des Kölner Domes eingeweiht. Der älteste Taufort von Köln ist damit wieder zugänglich" in the 3 April 2016 edition of DOMRADIO.DE [https://www.domradio.de/artikel/neue-raeumlichkeiten-am-baptisterium-der-ostseite-des-koelner-doms-eingeweiht] [accessed 24 October 2022] informs on and illustrates the relocation of this font to a new accessible site within the cathedral complex
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.94129, 6.95817
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 28.64″ N, 6° 57′ 29.41″ E
UTM: 32U 356551 5645281
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone and brick
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal