Ottersweier

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design element - patterns - tracery

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design element - patterns - tracery

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of font

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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 cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24121OTT
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes der Täufer in Ottersweier
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Laufer Str. 1, 77833 Ottersweier, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located off county road 3, 3 km SW of Bühl, about 30 km SW of Karslruhe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Freiburg
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church here probably ca. 1200; re-built early-16thC; re-built 1906-1912
The present baptismal font in the re-built church is moder; it consists of a hexagonal basin decorated with tracery all over, and bearing an inscription on one of the basin sides with the date 1901(?); the stem of the base is decorated with trefoiled arches or windows; the lower base is plain. Tall dome-shaped metal cover with counterweight system. [NB: we have no information on the original font of the medievval church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.66805, 8.11119
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 40′ 4.98″ N, 8° 6′ 40.28″ E
UTM: 32U 434560 5390937

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: yes; counterweight
Notes: [cf. FontNotes & ImagesArea]