Steinbrunn-le-Bas No. 2 / Niedersteinbrunn / Steinebronnen inferius / Steinebrun
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view of church exterior in context - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: Kirche St. Leodegar / L'èglise Saint-Léger à Steinbrunn-le-Bas
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 April 2010 by Rauenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steinbrunn-le-Bas,_Eglise_Saint-Léger_2.jpg] [accessed 30 November 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23023STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Léger [formerly St. Laurent et St. Léger?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Location: rue Mulhouse, 68440 Steinbrunn-le-Bas, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D21-D68 crossroads, 2-3 km S of Bruebach, 10 km S of Mulhouse city centre
Historical Region: Alsace
Date: 1441?
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Gothic
Church Notes: present church 1770s re-building of a 15thC church [documented 1441]; lower part of the tower is 15th [réf. Mérimée : IA00122619]
Font Notes:
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The present font, located in a niche of the south wall of the nave in this church, is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM68004618]: "Fonts baptismaux se situant, comme les autres éléments de cet ensemble mobilier, vers 1775, année de la consécration de l'église [...] Grès : taillé, peint (faux marbre, peint doré), bois : taillé, peint (faux marbre), stuc : moulé, peint (polychrome, peint doré, peint argent) [...] Socle rectangulaire ; couvercle en bois, cadenassé ; décor en stuc ou en plâtre [...] H = 270 ; la = 140 ; pr = 55 (dimensions totales) ; cuve avec son couvercle : h = 90, la = 70, pr = 55 [...] Polychromie et faux marbre restaurés". [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.676789, 7.367708
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 40′ 36.44″ N, 7° 22′ 3.75″ E
UTM: 32T 377481 5281668