Hausberge
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ev. Pfarrkirche, Hausberge, Kiekenbrink 7"
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Image Source: digital photograph 25 December 2012 by Grugerio [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ev-Kirche-Hausberge.jpg] [accessed 5 June 2022]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [N/A], 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 24 December 2012 [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24005HAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Pfarrkirche Hausberge
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: date of the earlier church not known; tower has inscription 1599; present church added to the tower 1624; tower spire added 1888; church renovated 1963
Church Address: Hinter d. Kirche 4, 32457 Porta Westfalica, Germany
Site Location: Minden-Lübbecke, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 1-2 km NW of Porta Westfalica, on the S banks of the Weser river, 3-4 km S of Minden
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (there may have been an earlier font in the 14th-15th centuries collegiate monastery of St. Walburga in Hausberge)
Font Notes:
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Late-Gothic baptismal font in the present church; octagonal basin on a moulded octagonal stem and a plain lower base, octagonal. No cover present but the font has the usual metal baptismal dish insert.
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 494803 5787647
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.239208, 52.239208
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 14′ 21.15″ N, 8° 55′ 26″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal