Veltheim nr. Porta Westfalica / Veltheim-an-der-Weser

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "St.-Peter-und-Pauls-Kirche in Veltheim (Porta Westfalica)" -- showing the church after it was totally renovated and its orientation changed in 1896

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Image Source: digital photograph 2 October 2012 by Grugerio [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veltheim-Kirche-02.jpg] [accessed 5 June 2022]

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter und Paul Veltheim" -- showing the church before it was totally renovated and its orientation changed in 1896

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Image Source: digital image of a 1893 photograph in A. Ludorff's Die Bau und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Minden (1902) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veltheim1_1893.jpg] [accessed 5 June 2022]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter und Paul Veltheim" -- showing the church before it was totally renovated and its orientation changed in 1896

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Image Source: digital image of a 1893 photograph in A. Ludorff's Die Bau und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Minden (1902) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veltheim2_1893.jpg] [accessed 5 June 2022]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter und Paul-Kirche in Veltheim" -- showing the church after it was totally renovated and its orientation changed in 1896

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Z thomas, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 9 May 2021 by Z thomas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Peter_und_Paul_Veltheim_2021-05-09.jpg] [accessed 5 June 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24004VEL
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische St.-Peter-und-Pauls-Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Driftenstraße 30, 32457 Porta Westfalica, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Minden-Lübbecke, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located S of highway 2, in the municipality and 4 km S of Porta Westfalica, on the N shore of the Weser river, about 10 km S of Minden
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1657
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Renaissance
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: original church may have existed ca. 900; documented late-12thC; modified 15thC; renovated, expanded and changed orientation early-19thC; re-dedicated to Sanits Peter and Paul in 1996
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 24 May 2022): "A baptismal font in the church bears the year 1657 and, among other things, the name "Kreke". It can be assumed that the altar people Rudolf Kreke and Jost Kreke from Krekenhof (in Schierholz) are the donors of the baptismal font." [https://www.veltheim-weser.de/Veltheimer-Zeittafel/] [accessed 5 June 2022]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.18809, 8.96944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 11′ 17.12″ N, 8° 58′ 9.98″ E
UTM: 32U 497911 5781959

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "1657 [...] KREKE [...]"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]