Naumburg nr. Merseburg No. 5 / Moritzberg / Nuenburg
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view of church exterior - northwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Othmarskirche Naumburg"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Olaf Meister, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 16 February 2010 by Olaf Meister [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Othmarskirche_Naumburg.JPG" [accessed 2 September 2022]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
![Source caption: "Saint Othmar church in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany" -- serves now [2002] as library and archives of the Evangelical Church](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1220902003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint Othmar church in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany" -- serves now [2002] as library and archives of the Evangelical Church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Krzysztof Golik, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 9 October 2018 by Krzysztof Golik [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Othmar_church_in_Naumburg_(7).jpg] [accessed 2 September 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24266NAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Othmarskirche [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Othmar [aka Audomar, Otmar]
Church Notes: church here documented 1259; re-built in wood 15thC; present Baroque building 1691-1699; became library and archive in 1970s
Church Address: Othmarspl. 14, 06618 Naumburg (Saale), Germany
Site Location: Saalekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 180 [aka Lindenhof], 25-30 km SW of Merseburg, about 40 km WSW of Leipzig
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Naumburg/Saale [https://www.evangelische-kirche-naumburg.de/kirchen/st-othmar/] [accessed 2 September 2022] reports an octagonal baptismal font from the late-17th century in it: "Weiterhin existiert ein Taufstein in Form eines achteckigen Kelchs vom Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts" [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the earlier church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 696165 5670498
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.152264, 11.805013
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 9′ 8.15″ N, 11° 48′ 18.05″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal