Niederweidbach
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelische Kirche Niederweidbach, Gemeinde Bischoffen, LLahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland"
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design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled
Scene Description: around the basin sides
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelische Kirche Niederweidbach, Gemeinde Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland"
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Marienkirche in Niederweidbach"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hydro, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 27 September 2011 by Hydro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Niederweidbach.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelische Kirche Niederweidbach, Gemeinde Bischoffen, LLahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wikiwal, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 23 May 2021 by Wikiwal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niederweidbach_Kirche_(06).jpg] [accessed 12 October 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24358NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Ev. Marienkirche Niederweidbach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: "Wehrkapelle' tower ca. 1300; present church added ca. 1500;
Church Address: Niederweidbch, 35649 Bischoffen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6444 921854
Site Location: Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) county road 255 [aka Marktstrasse], 15 km SW of Gladenbach, about 30 km WSW of Marburg
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of basalt ca. 1300 noted in Dehio's Handbuch, Hessen I (2008: 702). Monolithic tub, the round upper half has a row of trefoiled arches around the sides, the lower laf tapring in and plain. No cover present; the font uses the usual baptismal dish on a metal support atop the font.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 463537 5617003
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.703694, 8.483633
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 42′ 13.3″ N, 8° 29′ 1.08″ E