Eisbergen

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design element - motifs - garland

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © B. Harmann, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in B. Harmann's The Hildburg church at Eisbergen Germany [https://www.360cities.net/image/the-hildburg-church-at-eisbergen-germany] [accessed 6 June 2022]
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human figure - 8

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Image Source: digital photograph in B. Harmann's The Hildburg church at Eisbergen Germany [https://www.360cities.net/image/the-hildburg-church-at-eisbergen-germany] [accessed 6 June 2022]
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human figure - head

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © B. Harmann, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in B. Harmann's The Hildburg church at Eisbergen Germany [https://www.360cities.net/image/the-hildburg-church-at-eisbergen-germany] [accessed 6 June 2022]
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inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontsNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © B. Harmann, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in B. Harmann's The Hildburg church at Eisbergen Germany [https://www.360cities.net/image/the-hildburg-church-at-eisbergen-germany] [accessed 6 June 2022]
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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Sorce caption: "Kirche in Eisbergen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingo2802, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 2 February 2008 by Ingo2802 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eisbergen3.jpg] [accessed 6 June 2022]
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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © B. Harmann, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in B. Harmann's The Hildburg church at Eisbergen Germany [https://www.360cities.net/image/the-hildburg-church-at-eisbergen-germany] [accessed 6 June 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24008EIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche Eisbergen
Church Location: Im Geist 18A, 32457 Porta Westfalica, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Detmold, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off local road L866, on the N banks of the Weser river, S of county road 2, 5 km ESE of Porta Westfalica, 13-14 km SE of Minden
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1606
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque
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: medieval church of ca. 1200; modified in the\r 17th century
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Institut für Gemeindeentwicklung und missionarische Dienste [https://www.amd-westfalen.de/zugaenge-eroeffnen/radwegekirchen/karte-a-z-liste-radwegekirchen/karte-radwegekirchen/radwegekirchen/h/eisbergen-ev-luth-kirche/] [accessed 6 June 2022]: the font in this church dates from the first decade of the 17th century. Noted and illustrated in B. Harmann's The Hildburg church at Eisbergen Germany [https://www.360cities.net/image/the-hildburg-church-at-eisbergen-germany] [accessed 6 June 2022]. The octagonal font consists of three volumes each one narrower than the one above; the uypper of the three levels has an arcade of round arches, each with a standing fugure in it; the next volume down has heads and garlands in the panels; at least one of the panels of the lower level has an inscription [transcription not available]. Font cover consisting of a moulded octagonal platform with a tall and thin turned finial. Both font and basin are painted and gilded.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.200091, 9.017404
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 12′ 0.33″ N, 9° 1′ 2.65″ E
UTM: 32U 501189 5783293

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: lower font panels
Inscription Text: [1606?]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1606?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]