Munzenberg No. 1 / Minzenberg / Münzenberg
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - looking northwest
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view of church interior - north aisle - detail
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
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view of font and cover in context
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24011MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Katholische Kirche St. Nikolaus [ehemalige Hospitalkirche der Stadt]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Steinweg 17 a, 35516 Münzenberg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6033 66631
Country Name: Germany
Location: Darmstadt, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road L3136 [aka Steinbergstrasse], W of highway A45, about 15 km SSE of Giessen -- the two churches are cheek by jowl
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N aisle, W side
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: chapel first documented 1284; later hospital chapel; became school in the 19thC; restored 1960s and 1980
Font Notes:
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Tub-shaped basin, the outer surface very rough; squat base. There is evidence of old anchorings for a cover on the upper rim. Present cover is modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.454521, 8.776278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 27′ 16.28″ N, 8° 46′ 34.6″ E
UTM: 32U 484118 5589192
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood and metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat; wood with metal [cast iron?] decorated frame; modern