Kessenich in Bonn
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Alt-St. Nikolaus in Kessenich, Bonn"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hagman, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2011 by Hagman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alt_St._Nikolaus_2.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 29 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: seen here in the south apse, to the right of the altar
Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued [https://www.kirchenbonnsued.de/pfarrverband/st.-nikolaus/index.html] [accessed 29 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued [https://www.kirchenbonnsued.de/pfarrverband/st.-nikolaus/index.html] [accessed 29 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24257KES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1573
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Alt-St. Nikolaus Kriche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Pützstr. 21 / Nikolausstraße, 53129 Bonn, Germany
Site Location: Köln, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the W banks of the Rhein, about 3 km S of Bonn city centre
Font Notes:
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The inscription on this font is catalogued in the Deutsche Inschriften Online, Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bonn [DI 50: Bonn (2000) Nr. 77(†) [https://www.inschriften.net/bonn/inschrift/nr/di050-0077.html] [accessed 29 August 2022]: "Taufbecken mit Datierung. Trachyt mit großen, z. T. ausgebrochenen Sanidin-Einschlüssen, stark verwittert. Hochrechteckiger Sockel auf quadratischer Basis, darauf ein rundes Becken. An den Sockelseiten in eingetieften Feldern Tartschen mit weitgehend abgewitterten, unkenntlichen Wappen. An einer Seite befand sich über dem Feld die heute nicht mehr erkennbare Inschrift."
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 366235 5619700
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7137, 7.10526
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 42′ 49.32″ N, 7° 6′ 18.94″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, trachyte
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Deutsche Inschriften Online [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Text: "[...] Anno 1573 [....]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal pyramid [cf. ImagesArea]