Bad Essen
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.-Nikolai-Kirche in Bad Essen. Markttag auf dem Kirchplatz. Osnabrücker Land, Niedersachsen, Deutschland"
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view of church exterior in context - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.-Nikolai-Kirche in Bad Essen. Markttag auf dem Kirchplatz. Osnabrücker Land, Niedersachsen, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basotxerri, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2018 by Basotxerri [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Essen_-_St.-Nikolai-Kirche_-BT-_01.jpg] [accessed 23 July 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24136ESS
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische St.-Nikolai-Pfarrkirche Bad Essen
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Kirchpl. 39, 49152 Bad Essen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Osnabrück, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located between local roads L84 [aka Schledehauser Str.] (W) and K410 (E), S of county road 65 and the Mittellandkanal, 20-25 km ENE of Osnabrück
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Osnabrück
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original private chapel perhaps ca. 1100; first documented 1224; 14thC church; expanded and tower added 15thC; expanded again 1660s;
Present font is Baroque, made of white sandstone in 1735, is described in the Historische Kirchengemeindelexikon der Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche Hannover [https://kirchengemeindelexikon.de/einzelgemeinde/bad-essen/] [accessed 23 July 2022] as having a base with two putti holding the coat of armas of the Bussche Family [="Barocke Sandsteintaufe von 1735, auf der von zwei geflügelten Putten getragenen Kuppa das Wappen der Familie von dem Bussche."] [NB: we have no information on the fontfrom the medieval church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.320069,
8.338889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 19′ 12.25″ N,
8° 20′ 20″ E
UTM: 32U 454939 5796844
