Langenfeld / Längenfeld im Oberlängenfeld

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coat of arms - Austria
coat of arms - Fraß aus Au ob Ötz
view of basin - detail
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hl. Katharina und Friedhof in Oberlängenfeld -- Foto wurde im Rahmen des von Wikimedia Österreich unterstützten Projekts"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ailura, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 June 2015 by Ailura [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_takes_Nordtiroler_Oberland_20150604_Sankt_Katharina_Längenfeld_6280.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the font is shown here, on the left [north] side, semi-hidden between the pulpit and the side altar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ailura, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 4 June 2015 by Ailura [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_takes_Nordtiroler_Oberland_20150604_Sankt_Katharina_Längenfeld_6222.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of church interior - nave - east end
Scene Description: the baptimal font and its cover are partially visible here on the extreme left of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 6 August 2022 [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 24494LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Katharina, Längenfeld
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: Oberlängenfeld 31, 6444 Oberlängenfeld, Austria -- Tel.: +43 5253 5209
Country Name: Austria
Location: Imst, Tirol
Directions to Site: Located off (E) county road 186, in the Otztal valley, about 40 km WSW of Innsbruck
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Innsbruck
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, N side, between the pulpit and the N side altar
Date: ca. 1518?
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Baroque
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: church documented 1303; consecrated 1352; re-built 1518 probably by Jakob von Tarrenz; modified 1690, 19thC -- listed building [13490]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this town in Historisches aus Längenfeld [http://www.similaun.net/laengenfeld.htm] [accessed 11 December 2022] reports a baptismal font bearing the arms of Austria and the Fraß family from Au ob Ötz: "Bemerkenswert ist der alte Taufstein mit den Wappen Österreichs und dem Geschlecht der Fraß aus Au ob Ötz." The font consists of an octagonal basin on two of which sides are panels with the heraldic devices mentioned above; raised on an octagonal pedestal base. The font cover appears to be painted with a marbled wash, and has a large Baptism of Christ by John as finial, painted and gilded, probably ca. 1800.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.071895, 10.971554
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 4′ 18.82″ N, 10° 58′ 17.59″ E
UTM: 32T 649685 5215040
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1800?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]