Kitzingen No. 2

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: the Baroque font of 1762

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2015

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Johannes (Kitzingen), Westliche Portalanlage an der Nordseite (15. Jhd.): Wilder Mann und Mädchenbüste"

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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Johannes (Kitzingen), Tympanon des westlichen Nordportals mit Darstellung des Jüngsten Gerichts (um 1400): Christus als Weltenrichter, flankiert von Maria und Johannes dem Täufer als Fürbitter"

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Römisch-katholische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johannes view from the tower of the Lutheran church nearby

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Japanische Schirmtanne, 2012

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view of church interior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St.Johannes, Kitzingen; Innenraum [...] Großpanorama2"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Settembrini, 2007

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: Baroque baptismal font of 1762 in the Taufkapelle

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the Baroque font of 1762

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the Baroque font of 1762

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22768KIT
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johannes
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 97318 Kitzingen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Unterfranken, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located E of highway 7, S of highway 3, 15-20 km ESE of Würzburg. This church is located on the W banks of the Main river, off (N) Kaisestrasse, just S of the Hindenburgring Nord, about 200 m S of the Lutheran church
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Würzburg [RC]
Historical Region: Unterfranken (Lower Franconia)
Date: ca. 1126?
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: first documented 1126; became a dependant of the Benedictine monastwery in 1394; re-building started 1402; consecrated 1487; became Lutheran in 1530; restored to Catholicism in 1629; survived WWII bombing undamaged
The present font in this church is from 1762 [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church documented 1126]. [cf. BSI entry Kitzingen No. 1 for the late-Gothic font in the Protestant church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.739008, 10.163105
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 44′ 20.43″ N, 10° 9′ 47.18″ E
UTM: 32U 583806 5510262