Grossaspach / Großaspach
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design element - motifs - floral
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Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Juliana Großaspach"
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Panorama-Aufnahme des Altarraums der Kirche St Juliana in Großaspach. Horizontaler Bildwinkel ~120°, Miller-Zylinderprojektion"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 March 2020 by Jedesto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Juliana_Großaspach_interior_panoramic_02.jpg] [accessed 5 December 2022]
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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jedesto, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 March 2020 by Jedesto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Juliana_Großaspach_interior_panoramic_02.jpg] [accessed 5 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24484GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1480?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche St. Juliana, Großaspach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Juliana
Church Notes: Romanesque church probably 10th-12thC; documented 1278; Reformed 1558; modified 1780; renovated 1988
Church Address: Backnanger Str. 49, 71546 Aspach, Germany
Site Location: Rems-Murr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the K1831-K1904-L1124 confluence, just SE of Aspech town centre, 3 km NW of Backnang, 35-40 km NE of Stuttgart
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Romanesque church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Evangelische Kirchegemeinde Großaspach [https://www.grossaspach-evangelisch.de/gebaeude/juliana-kirche] [accessed 5 December 2022] notes a baptismal font of stone from ca. 1488 in it. The font consists of an octagonal basin with tapering sides decorated with a moulding below the uppr rim; one(?) of the sides has a large floral motif on the underbowl; the pedestal base is made of clustered columns; the lower base is circular. 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 529360 5423477
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.96351, 9.40112
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 57′ 48.64″ N, 9° 24′ 4.03″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal