Marx No. 1

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Marx, kerk: Sankt Marcuskirche" [NB: 12thC(?) Romanesque church; detached tower added 1660; renovated 1990]

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Marcus-Kirche in Marx, Landkreis Wittmund. Entrance on west side, Eingang auf der Westseite "

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klaus-Peter Wolf, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 September 2006 by Klaus-Peter Wolf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Marcus-Kirche_in_Marx_(Ostfriesland)_-_Eingang.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23774MAR
Church/Chapel: Sint-Marcuskerk / Evangelisch-lutherische St.-Marci-Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Mark
Church Location: Papenstraße 18, Marx, 26446 Friedeburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 437 [aka Marxer-Hauptstraße], in the municipality and 1-2 km SE of Friedeburg, about 20 km SW of Wilhelmshaven
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC(?) Romanesque church; tower added 1660; renovated 1990
Holy-water stoup [Weihwasserkessel] made of granite in the early-13th century. [cf. BSI entry for Marx No. 2 for a baptismal font made of wood in 1654]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.435857, 7.855364
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 26′ 9.08″ N, 7° 51′ 19.31″ E
UTM: 32U 423960 5921368

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite