Ottersheim bei Landau / Hoteresheim / Hudamareshaim / Othersheim / Udomarsheimer / Udomersheim
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufbecken der Katholischen Pfarrkirche St. Martin in Ottersheim; bezeichnet 1629"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rudolf Wild, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2017 by Rudolf Wild [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottersheim_Taufbecken.jpg] [accessed 2 July 2022]
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inscription
Scene Description: "1629"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rudolf Wild, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2017 by Rudolf Wild [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottersheim_Taufbecken.jpg] [accessed 2 July 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - northwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ottersheim, Germersheimer Straße 3; Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin; fünfachsiger Saalbau, 1618, 1789 erweitert, gotischer ehemaliger Chorturm; Sandsteinkruzifix über Adam und Eva, bezeichnet 1747."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerd Eichmann, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 12 June 2005 by Gerd Eichmann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottersheim-Kirche-01-gje.jpg] [accessed 2 July 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin, Ansicht von Südwesten"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rudolf Wild, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2017 by Rudolf Wild [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottersheim_Kirche_3.jpg] [accessed 2 July 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24079OTT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1629
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: earlier church replaced by new building in 1618-1619; briefly Reformed but Catholic since 1697
Church Address: L509 14, 76879 Ottersheim bei Landau, Germany
Site Location: Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road L509 [aka Gemersheimer Strasse], between Germersheim (E) and Landau (W), W of the Rhein river
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with rounded underbowl, raised on an octagonal-to-square base and a square plinh; the font is painted and bears the date 1629 on one of the sides of the basin. The font is painted. Low-dome metal cover with ball finial/handle.
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 443900 5449005
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.191277, 8.230044
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 11′ 28.6″ N, 8° 13′ 48.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: [cf. ImagesArea]
Inscription Text: "1629"
Inscription Source: basin side
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]