Marktbreit / Broite Inferior / Unternbreit

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coat of arms - unidentified

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design element - motifs - foliage

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design element - motifs - foliage

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - patterned

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inscription - partial

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Evang.-Luth. Kirche St. Nikolai in Marktbreit"

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Marktbreit, Evangelisch-lutherische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Nikolai, Innenansicht, Blick zum Chorraum"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2011

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Marktbreit, Evangelisch-lutherische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Nikolai, Innenansicht, Blick zum Orgelempore"

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph in Martin Nicoly's Aufzeichnungen des Pfarrers Wolfgang Ammon des Jüngeren, geb. am 7. 1. 1572 zu Dinkelsbühl - am 22. 9. 1634 zu Marktbreit [http://nicoly.de/ammon/ammon.htm] [accessed 10 November 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24436MAR
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Pfarrkirche St. Nikolai Markbreit
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Pfarrgasse 2, 97340 Marktbreit, Germany -- Tel.: +49 9332 1449
Country Name: Germany
Location: Unterfranken, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located off local road St2273, E of county road 7, on the S bank of the Main river, about 20 km SE of Würzburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Würzburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1569
Century and Period: 16th century(late),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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: chapel/church documented 1293; became parochial 1324; re-built first half of 14thC; modified 1438; several expansions in the 16thC; renovated 1715, 1960-1961
Noted and illustrated in Martin Nicoly's Aufzeichnungen des Pfarrers Wolfgang Ammon des Jüngeren, geb. am 7. 1. 1572 zu Dinkelsbühl - am 22. 9. 1634 zu Marktbreit [http://nicoly.de/ammon/ammon.htm] [accessed 10 November 2022].. Baptismal font of stone consisting of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base; the basin sides are decorated with coats of arms and foliage (?) motifs, and has a running inscription carved below the upper rim; the underbowl is covered in foliage motifs; the round pedestal base is moulde, decorated with foliage and geometric patterns. The baptismal font, located in the chancel, was donated to the church in 1569, as attested by the inscription. The font cover is octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.666554, 10.143645
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 39′ 59.59″ N, 10° 8′ 37.12″ E
UTM: 32U 582526 5502186

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: around the basin sides, below the upper rim
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]