Koln-Merkenich / Köln-Merkenich / Merkenich

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view of church exterior

the detached towe on the right survives from the medieval church here
Scene Description: the detached towe on the right survives from the medieval church here
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 November 2011 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Brictius_(Köln-Merkenich)2.JPG] [accessed 3 November 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east

the present font is probably the strange-looking object to the right [south] of the altar; it is said to have been made in modern times using with a medieval capital, the rest all modern
Scene Description: the present font is probably the strange-looking object to the right [south] of the altar; it is said to have been made in modern times using with a medieval capital, the rest all modern
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 November 2011 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Brictius_(Köln-Merkenich)3.JPG] [accessed 3 November 2019]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 22428MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Brictius von Köln-Merkenich
Church Patron Saints: St. Brictius [aka Brice of Tours]
Church Location: Brictiusstraße 22, Merkenich, Köln-Merkenich, 50769 Cologne, Germany -- Tel.: +49 221 705630
Country Name: Germany
Location: Köln, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located on the left (W) bank of the Rhine, just S of highway 1 and the Leverkusener bridge, N of Cologne city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzbistum Köln
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: original church here may have existed by the 8thC; a later (12th-13thC) church demolised 19thC but 12th-13thC tower retained; it now stands detached a few yards from the new church
Font Notes:
The present font in the modern church appears to have been built re-using an old capital and mounted on a modern pedestal. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.0264, 6.9596
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 1′ 35.04″ N, 6° 57′ 34.56″ E
UTM: 32U 356914 5654742