Ardorf
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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - 5
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein der Ardorfer Kirche, Ardorf, Stadtteil der Stadt Wittmund, Landkreis Wittmund, Niedersachsen, Deutschland" [NB: the 'brick' detail is painted on the stone font]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GregorHelms, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2015 by GregorHelms [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardorfer_Kirche_Taufstein.JPG] [accessed 25 February 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche in Ardorf (Landkreis Wittmund/Ostfriesland)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Columbus 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 May 2009 by Columbus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_ardorf.jpg] [accessed 25 Febryary 2022]
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view of church exterior - tower
![Source caption: "Freistehender Glockenturm der Ardorfer Kirche, Ardorf, Stadtteil der Stadt Wittmund, Landkreis Wittmund, Niedersachsen, Deutschland] -- built in 1807](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1220225023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Freistehender Glockenturm der Ardorfer Kirche, Ardorf, Stadtteil der Stadt Wittmund, Landkreis Wittmund, Niedersachsen, Deutschland] -- built in 1807
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GregorHelms, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2015 by GregorHelms [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardorfer_Kirche_Glockenturm.JPG] [accessed 25 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein der Ardorfer Kirche, Ardorf, Stadtteil der Stadt Wittmund, Landkreis Wittmund, Niedersachsen, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GregorHelms, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2015 by GregorHelms [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardorfer_Kirche_Taufstein.JPG] [accessed 25 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 23785ARD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Ardorfer Kirche
Church Location: Hohebarger Str., Ardorf, 26409 Wittmund, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located at the K42 [aka Hohebarger Str.] and K28 [aka Heglitzer Str..] crossroads, off (S) road 210, in the municipality and 6-7 km WSW of Wittmund, about 25 km ENE of Aurich
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Bremen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
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 church; modifed 16th, 19thC; detached tower of 1807
Font Notes:
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The entry for Ardorf in the Evangelische-Lutherische Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/ardorf] [accessed 22 February 2022] reports a baptismal font of the 13th century restored in 1987 [="Eine Besonderheit im Innenraum ist unter anderem der 1987 restaurierte Taufstein aus dem 13. Jahrhundert."] The font shows brick patterns on it but they are just painted on the stone. No cover present
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.535556, 7.6895
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 32′ 8″ N, 7° 41′ 22.2″ E
UTM: 32U 413146 5932648
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining