Laubach No. 1

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view of basin and baptismal dish

notice the damage; likely caused by an anchoring from an old font -- the metal rack holds the baptismal dish in place for baptisms
Scene Description: notice the damage; likely caused by an anchoring from an old font -- the metal rack holds the baptismal dish in place for baptisms
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Laubach, EKHN, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Laubach. EKHN [https://kirchengemeinde-laubach.ekhn.de/startseite/glaubeleben/taufe.html] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - detail

Source caption: "Evangelische Stadtkirche Laubach "
Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelische Stadtkirche Laubach "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1864 drawing by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main [https://www.repro-tableaux.com/a/carltheodor-reiffenstein/evangelische-stadtkirche-laubach-1.html] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - northwest end

Source caption: "Gemälde in der Evang. Stadtkirche in Laubach, Hessen"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gemälde in der Evang. Stadtkirche in Laubach, Hessen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wikiwal, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 22 September 2019 by Wikiwal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laubach_Ev._Stadtkirche_(10).jpg] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Innenraum mit Blick auf den Chor der Evang. Stadtkirche in Laubach, Hessen" -- the old font is visible in the bottom-left corner of the image
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenraum mit Blick auf den Chor der Evang. Stadtkirche in Laubach, Hessen" -- the old font is visible in the bottom-left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wikiwal, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2012 by Wikiwal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laubach_Stadtkirche_Innenraum.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: " Laubach, Kirchplatz 1a, Evangelische Stadtkirche"
Scene Description: Source caption: " Laubach, Kirchplatz 1a, Evangelische Stadtkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 13 October 2016 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laubach,_Kirchplatz_1a,_Evangelische_Stadtkirche_20161013-033.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of church interior - pulpit

Source caption: " Laubach, Kirchplatz 1a, Evangelische Stadtkirche" -- with the pont partially visible in the bottom-left corner of the image
Scene Description: Source caption: " Laubach, Kirchplatz 1a, Evangelische Stadtkirche" -- with the pont partially visible in the bottom-left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 13 October 2016 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laubach,_Kirchplatz_1a,_Evangelische_Stadtkirche_20161013-014.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wikiwal, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 August 2012 by Wikiwal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laubach_Stadtkirche_Innenraum.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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view of font in context

the medieval basin on a modern base
Scene Description: the medieval basin on a modern base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 October 2016 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laubach,_Kirchplatz_1a,_Evangelische_Stadtkirche_20161013-014.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24356LAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Stadtkirche Laubach
Church Patron Saints: [original dedication St. Mary]
Church Location: 35321 Laubach, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6405 950804
Country Name: Germany
Location: Giessen, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (W) Bundestraße 278, 23-24 km E of Gießen
Font Location in Church: In the church interior, by the pulpit
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
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: first church here mentioned 1057, dedicated to St. Mary; 13thC church; Baroque modification 1702; modified again 18th, 19th and 20thC; renovated early-21stC
Font Notes:
The octagonal basin of a medieval baptismal font of the 13th century that stands now on a modern base was discovered in the castle park and brought into the church in 1979. Its provenance is uncertain. No cover present but evidence of cover anchorings are evident in the upper rim. [cf. BSI entry for Laubach No. 2 for a possible medieval font from here later at the Schloss Laubach and drawn by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.54296, 8.99051
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 32′ 34.66″ N, 8° 59′ 25.84″ E
UTM: 32U 499328 5599002

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]