Kuhfelde
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Image Source: digital photograph 29 August 2013 [supplied by Pol Herman]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche in Kuhfelde"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Björn Gäde, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2005 by Björn Gäde [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Kuhfelde.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24249KUH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Transitional [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Dorfkirche Kuhfelde
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: church built 13thC; documented 1257; much modified since
Church Address: Dorfpl. 2, 29416 Kuhfelde, Germany
Site Location: Altmarkkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road B248, 6-7 km SW of Salzwedel, 55-60 km NNW of Magdeburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Verden
Additional Comments: composite font? (the basin is earlier than the base)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of plain hemispherical basin raised on a round-to-square pedestal base of a later date. No cover present but there is a metal frame to hold a baptismal dish at the upper rim.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 642647 5850430
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.784806, 11.115184
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 47′ 5.3″ N, 11° 6′ 54.66″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round