Cheb / Eger
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Romanische Basilika St. Nikolaus und Elisabeth in Cheb, zurückgehend auf das 13. Jahrhundert - Bazilika Chrám sv. Mikuláše a Alžbety v Chebu, Česká republika - Tschechien - Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann."
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Image Source: digital photograph 2009 by Wolfgang Pehlemann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romanische_Basilika_St._Nikolaus_und_Elisabeth_in_Cheb_13._Jh_-_Bazilika_Chr%C3%A1m_sv._Mikul%C3%A1%C5%A1e_a_Al%C5%BEbety_v_Chebu_%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republika_Tschechien_-_Foto_Wolfgang_Pehlemann_IMG_1369.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: " Kostel svatého Mikuláše, Kostelní náměstí 187/13, Cheb."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lubro Ferenc, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2018 by Lubor Ferenc [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheb_chrám_svatého_Mikuláše_a_Alžběty_červen_2018_(1).jpg] [accessed 28 August 2022]
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view of church interior - statue - 6
![Source caption: "The set of Six statues from the Church of St. Nicholas in Cheb is one of the finest and oldest works created by the local carving workshop in Cheb in the 1480s-90s. The statues are of similar height and may have been part of one or more Gothic altarpieces.[1] They come from the Chapel of the Holy Cross (1388) in the now vanished village of St. Cross (Heiligenkreutz) between Cheb and Waldsassen, where they were discovered in 1856 by Bernhard Grüber.[2] In the 1860s they were secondarily placed in the Neo-Gothic retables designed by B. Grüber in the Church of St. Nicholas in Cheb."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1220828034_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "The set of Six statues from the Church of St. Nicholas in Cheb is one of the finest and oldest works created by the local carving workshop in Cheb in the 1480s-90s. The statues are of similar height and may have been part of one or more Gothic altarpieces.[1] They come from the Chapel of the Holy Cross (1388) in the now vanished village of St. Cross (Heiligenkreutz) between Cheb and Waldsassen, where they were discovered in 1856 by Bernhard Grüber.[2] In the 1860s they were secondarily placed in the Neo-Gothic retables designed by B. Grüber in the Church of St. Nicholas in Cheb."
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Image Source: the grouping appears as an illustration in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_statues_from_the_Church_of_St._Nicholas_in_Cheb] [accessed 28 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24254CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kostel svatého Mikuláše
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Kostelní náměstí 187, Cheb, Czech Republic
Country Name: Czech Republic
Location: Karlovy Vary / Karlovarský kraj
Directions to Site: Located just E of the border with Germanym W of Prague
Historical Region: Carlsbad region / Bohemia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
Church Notes: church documented 1239
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in SpottingHistory [https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/11843/st-nicholas-church/] [accessed 28 August 2022] notes: "From the old furnishings of the church, a Romanesque baptismal font and six Gothic sculptures on both side altars have been preserved." The entry for this church in the web site of the District of Františkovy Lázně [https://www.flinfo.cz/en/points-of-interest/church-of-st-nicolas-in-cheb] [accessed 28 August 2022] notes: "The most interesting artefacts at the Church of Saint Nicholas include the Romanesque baptistery from the early 13th century".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 4′ 53.57″ N, 12° 22′ 16.73″ E