Askersund (Närke)

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Askersunds landskyrka."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janee, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 14 March 2015 by Janee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askersunds_landskyrka25.JPG] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Askersunds landskyrka, i utkanten av Askersund vid sjön Alsen. Kyrkan, som byggdes 1664-1670, ritades av Jean de la Vallée, med bidrag av Erik Dahlberg."

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Image Source: digital image of an undated [late-1800s] B&W photograph [silver gelatin print], in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askersund_Country_Church,_Närke,_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Askersunds landskyrka."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Magnus, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 28 January 2012 by Magnus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askersunds_Landskyrka_2012.jpg] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt hos Askersunds landsförsamling."

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Image Source: digital image from an illustration in Herman Hofberg's Nerikes gamla minnen (1868) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nerikes_gamla_minnen_151a.jpg] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tom Wollecki, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 23 August 2016 by Tom Wollecki in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/056707/Askersunds_kyrka] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janos Banan, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph July 2012 by Janos Banan in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/056707/Askersunds_kyrka] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 19 February 2009 by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/056707/Askersunds_kyrka] [accessed 18 June 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23347ASK
Church/Chapel: Askersunds landskyrka
Church Location: Lindbovägen 1, 696 30 Askersund, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Närke, Örebro län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) local road T907, between county road 50 (W) and lake Alsen (SE), about 50 km SSW of Örebro
Ecclesiastic Region: Strängnäs stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval wooden church destroyed by fire 1661; new church built of brick in 1664-1670;
Illustrated in Herman Hofberg's Nerikes gamla minnen (1868). Baptismal font of stone consisting of a round basin that has a short cylindrical ypper side with a tall tapering underbowl, all plain; raised on a round conical base topped with a broad roll moulding; the font is too short to stand on its own so it is now raised on a modern quadrangular block. No cover present. The metal baptismal dish appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.877986, 14.897306
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 52′ 40.75″ N, 14° 53′ 50.3″ E
UTM: 33V 494079 6526470

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining