Biedenkopf No. 2

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Scene Description: on the 1682 font

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Innenansicht der Stadtkirche Biedenkopf" -- the 1682 font is visible in the centre of the image, at the foot of the chancel steps

view of font

Scene Description: the 1682 font

INFORMATION

FontID: 24352BIE
Church/Chapel: Stadtkirche Biedenkopf / Ev-luth. Johanniskirche Biedenkopf
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Bei der Kirche 13, 35216 Biedenkopf, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6461 2580
Country Name: Germany
Location: Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (N) county road 62, about 20 km NW of Marburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1682
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
The guide for this church in the Stadt Biedenkopf Luftkurort im oberen Lahntal [https://stadtrundgang.biedenkopf.de/stadtgeschichtlicher-rundweg/stadtkirche-chor.html] [accessed 9 October 2022] mentions two fonts here; the present font in use in this church is dated 1682 and originated in the Hospitalkirche.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.9133, 8.529133
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 54′ 47.88″ N, 8° 31′ 44.88″ E
UTM: 32U 466898 5640289

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "1682 ist Johann Hermann Dör Hospitamensus gewesen"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]