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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - south aisle - east end - ceiling - painting
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view of font and baptismal dish
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view of font and baptismal dish
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24353MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche Münster (Laubach) / Evangelische Kirche Laubach-Münster
Church Location: Unterpforte 28, 35321 Laubach, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6405 1389
Country Name: Germany
Location: Giessen, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road L3481 [aka Licher Str.], in the municipality and 6 km WNW of Laubach, about 20 km ESE of Gießen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 12thC(?) plebanus church documented 1304; parochial 1316; modified / renovated 17th, 18th, 19th and 20thC; latest renovation 2014
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font that mau have been rescued form having been cast out of the church an sold much earlier on; it is tub-shaped on a squat round base. In 1866 a new baptismal font was donated by Sophie Harch née Keller and the Romanesque baptismal font was sold. For a long time it served as a water trough in the Steinesmühle before it was installed in the tower room in the early 1960s; afterwards it was installed in the south aisle in 1963/1964. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.552598, 8.920181
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 33′ 9.35″ N, 8° 55′ 12.65″ E
UTM: 32U 494345 5600077
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round