Westeraccum
Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Westeraccum"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lokilech, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 23 July 2007 by Lokilech [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WesterAccum_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Taufstein aus belgischem Syenit stammt wahrscheinlich aus dem 17. Jahrhundert."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/westeraccum] [accessed 21 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 23771WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Petrikirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Accumer Riege 45, Westeraccum, 26553 Dornum, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and less of 1 km NE of Dornum, 25-30 km N of Aurich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 13thC [ca. 1270] brick church; 13thC paintings restored in 2000
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of Belgian syenite stone in the 17th century noted and illustrated in the in the Evangelisch-lutherische. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/westeraccum] [accessed 21 February 2022]: "Der Taufstein aus belgischem Syenit stammt wahrscheinlich aus dem 17. Jahrhundert."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.649694, 7.442972
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 38′ 58.9″ N, 7° 26′ 34.7″ E
UTM: 32U 397086 5945674
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, syenite (Belgian)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round