Schonach im Schwarzwald

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coat of arms - unidentified - 6

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design element - architectural - 6

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: resembling linked logs or sticks

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design element - patterns - varied

Scene Description: geometric, mouldings, etc.

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inscription - detail

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Urban in Schonach im Schwarzwald"

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view of church exterior in context - south view

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of font and cover

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view of font cover - detail

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24504SCH
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Urban im Schonach
Church Location: Turntalstraße 2, 78136 Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located W of county road 500, 45-50 km NE of Freiburg im Breisgau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1624
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
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: first church probably ca. 1100; re-built 1542; modified 1748-1749, and 1862-1863; demolished 1912; new church 1912-1914; renovated 1989-1990
Baptismal font of sandstone in the Renaissance style; the sides of the hexagonal basin are covered in mouldings and decorative patterns, but each of the underbowl sides have a shield with a coat of arms in it; the hexagonal pedestal base has architectural motifs on it; the moulded lower base, also hexagonal, bears the inscription: "Zu Lob und Ehr Gott dem Allmächtigen verehret diesen Taufstein Georg Haberstrauw in die Pfarrkirchen Schonach 1624"; the font was moved in the 1990 renovations from beneath the pulpit stairs to the southeast corner of the nave. Metal font cover with richly decorated top.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.142567, 8.195684
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 8′ 33.24″ N, 8° 11′ 44.46″ E
UTM: 32U 440167 5332459

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the lower base
Inscription Text: "ZV LOB VND EHR / GOTT DEM ALLMäCHTIGEN / VEREHRET DIESEN TAUFSTEIN / GEORG HABERSTRAVW / IN DIE PFARRKIRCHEN / SCHONACH 1624"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]