Westeraccum
Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
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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
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]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23771WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Petrikirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 13thC [ca. 1270] brick church; 13thC paintings restored in 2000
Church Address: Accumer Riege 45, Westeraccum, 26553 Dornum, Germany
Site Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and less of 1 km NE of Dornum, 25-30 km N of Aurich
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
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."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 397086 5945674
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.649694, 7.442972
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 38′ 58.9″ N, 7° 26′ 34.7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, syenite (Belgian)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round