Pferdsdorf in Krauthausen / Pferdsdorf/Werra
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Dorfkirche in Pferdsdorf/Werra."
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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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view of font in context
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
FontID: 24371PFE
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Dorfkirche Pferdsdorf Krauthausen
Church Location: Hintergasse 3, 99819 Krauthausen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Wartburg, Thüringen
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 Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, E end
Date: 1583
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Late 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: present church 1766
Font Notes: Click to view 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
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.023099,
10.223216
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 1′ 23.15″ N,
10° 13′ 23.58″ E
UTM: 32U 585789 5653106
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]