Drolshagen

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around, including the capitals of the outer columns

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_111.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_111.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "View of Drolshagen towards south from Papenberg (417 m). St. Clement Church dominates the skyline."

Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2004 by Donald Townsend [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drolshagen_town.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: " St. Clemens (Drolshagen) von Nordosten"

Image Source: digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_01.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Clemens (Drolshagen), Basilika, Mittelschiff mit Blick zur Orgelempore"

Image Source: digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_51.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of church interior - south aisle - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " St. Clemens (Drolshagen), Basilika, südliche Seitenschiffapside, Fresk0 (15. Jh.), Steinigung des Stephanus"

Image Source: digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_107.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "aufstein aus dem 13. Jahrhundert in der katholischen Kirche St. Clemens (alter Teil) in Drolshagen, Kirchplatz 3."

Image Source: digital photograph 5 January 2013 by Asio otus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drolshagen-StClemens3-Asio.JPG] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Clemens (Drolshagen), Basilika, Taufstein (13. Jh.) aus Trochytgestein des Siebengebirges im südlichen Seitenschiff]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_109.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Clemens (Drolshagen), Basilika, Taufstein (13. Jh.) aus Trochytgestein des Siebengebirges im südlichen Seitenschiff]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_110.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of font and cover in context - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Clemens (Drolshagen), Basilika, Taufstein (13. Jh.) aus Trochytgestein des Siebengebirges im südlichen Seitenschiff"

Image Source: digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_108.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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view of font and cover in context - west side

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Clemens (Drolshagen), Basilika, südliche Seitenapsis mit Taufbecken"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 March 2020 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)_24_a.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24413DRO

Church/Chapel: Katholisches Pfarrkirche St. Clemens

Church Patron Saints: St. Clemens

Church Location: Kirchplatz 3. 57489, Drolshagen, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Olpe, Nordhein-Westfalen

Directions to Site: Located off (E) county road B55 [aka Hagener Str.], 6 km W of Olpe, 25 km NW of Siegen

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle

Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Rheinischer Typ

Cognate Fonts: one such at Sieglar

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: 10th-11thC(?) church; modified 13thC became Cistercian monastery and parish church; extended 1960s; renovated 2016-2021

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Walther Zimmermann's Romanische Taufsteine am Niederrhein [annalen-1954-jg22.pdf] [accessed 4 September 2023] notes a group of baptismal fonts in the area that he labels "Rheinischer Typ des von Säulchen umstellten Kessels" of which type he gives the font at Sieglar as a sample; that font is very much of the same design as the one at Drolshagen. They are listed in a section of Zimmermann's paper under heading "Rheinische Gruppe aus Trachyt und Basaltlava". The font at Drolshagen is made of trachyte stone said to be from Siebengebirge in the 13th century, but its hexagonal design with six pillars supporting the outer angles of he basin and the concave ribs of the underbowl suggest a later date; besides the six outer pillars the base includes also a squat central shaft at the bottom of the undebowl; th side of the basin and the capitals of the outer columns are decorated with a foliage frieze. [NB: odd design for a font of the period in this area; see also the font at Friesenhagen]. Low dome metal cover with knob handle/finial; modern. A communication from Pol Herman to BSI included the following English version of the Wikipedia entry [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clemens_(Drolshagen)] [accessed 30 October 2022]: "It is said that Archbishop Anno II of Cologne consecrated the church between 1050 and 1075. The mighty tower was built in 1491 to complete the city fortifications of Drolshagen. The church was expanded as a Romanesque basilica in the course of the founding of the Drolshagen monastery and has remained almost unchanged in its form to this day. The baptismal font was erected in the 13th century. The baptismal font (13th century) is the oldest part of the parish church. It is located in the southern aisle apse. It is made from the trochyte rock of the Siebengebirge. Its height is 95 cm and its diameter is 110 cm. The actual basin, designed as a hemisphere, is supported by six columns. The edge is adorned with a surrounding frieze of foliage." Herman also provided BSI with a PDF copy of Zimmermann's article [cf. supra]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.023305, 7.778471

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 1′ 23.9″ N, 7° 46′ 42.5″ E

UTM: 32U 414330 5653126

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, trachyte?

Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: metal,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]