Pferdsdorf in Krauthausen / Pferdsdorf/Werra

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Source caption: "Die Dorfkirche in Pferdsdorf/Werra."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Dorfkirche in Pferdsdorf/Werra."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Metilsteiner, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 21 October 2008 by Metilsteiner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WAK_PFERDSDORF_KIRCHE2.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 15 October 2022]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchenwege Wartburgland, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Kirchenwege Wartburgland [http://www.kirchenwege-wartburgland.de/kirchen/pferdsdorf/] [accessed 15 October 2022]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 24371PFE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1583
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Dorfkirche Pferdsdorf Krauthausen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, E end
Church Notes: present church 1766
Church Address: Hintergasse 3, 99819 Krauthausen, Germany
Site Location: Wartburg, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road K16 [aka Hintergasse], in the municipality and 4 km WNW of Krauthausen. about 8 km WNW of Eisenach
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Kirchenwege Wartburgland [http://www.kirchenwege-wartburgland.de/kirchen/pferdsdorf/] [accessed 15 October 2022] reports a baptismal font of 1583 in it, but the present church dates from 1766, with a few remains of the earlier building: "Die Pferdsdorfer Kirche entstand im Wesentlichen 1766. Reste eines Vorgängerbaues erhielten sich im Mauerwerk. Aus vorreformatorischer Zeit stammt die Glocke von 1483. Der Taufstein von 1583". No cover present
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 585789 5653106
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.023099, 10.223216
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 1′ 23.15″ N, 10° 13′ 23.58″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]