Horb am Neckar
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die katholische Stiftskirche Heilig Kreuz in Horb am Neckar"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schlaier, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 March 2011 by Schlaier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horb_Stiftskirche_Heilig_Kreuz_1.jpg] [accessed 14 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Horb am Neckar, Stiftskirche Heilig Kreuz, Innen"
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Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2020 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horb_am_Neckar,_Stiftskirche_Heilig_Kreuz,_Innen.jpg] [accessed 14 December 2022]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein (gotisch / 15. Jh) mit zeitgen. Deckel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Keller, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph by Andreas Keller in Kirchen Online [http://www.kirchen-online.org/kirchen--kapellen-in-baden-wuerttemberg/horb---stiftskirche-heilig-kreuz.php] [accessed 14 December 2022]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Horb am Neckar, Stiftskirche Heilig Kreuz, Taufstein"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2020 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horb_am_Neckar,_Stiftskirche_Heilig_Kreuz,_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 14 December 2022]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the font and cover in the northwest corner, the 'baptistery'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ra Boe, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 November 2018 by Ra Boe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horb_am_Neckar_2018_by-RaBoe_239.jpg] [accessed 14 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24512HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Stiftskirche Heilig-Kreuz Horb-am-Neckar
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: Marktpl. 25, 72160 Horb am Neckar, Germany -- Tel.: +49 7451 5553120
Country Name: Germany
Location: Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located off (W) of county road 32 [aka Stuttgarter Str.], on the N bank of the Neckar river, 45-50 km SW of Stuttgart
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the N demi-asile [aka 'baptistery']
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
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: medieval chapel became parish and collegiate church in the late-14thC; re-built after 1725 fire; modified/renovated 19th and 20thC
Font Notes:
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Listed in Meier-Kreiskott (2011) as a heavily restored late-15th century baptismal font made of red sandstone, consisting of an octagonal basin on a possibly later base; gives measurements: "H. 0,94 m, D. 0,93 m; Rotsandstein". Noted and illustrated by Andreas Keller in Kirchen Online [http://www.kirchen-online.org/kirchen--kapellen-in-baden-wuerttemberg/horb---stiftskirche-heilig-kreuz.php] [accessed 14 December 2022] as a baotismal font of the 15th century located in the baptistery, the northwest corner of the demi-aisle on the north side; the font consists of an octagonal basin with plain sides and arrised underbowl, on a short circular base likely of a later date. The carved metal cover is modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.444997, 8.687223
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 26′ 41.99″ N, 8° 41′ 14″ E
UTM: 32U 476870 5365809
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (reddish)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 93 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Meier-Kreiskott (2011)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Meier-Kreiskott, Stefanie, "Spätgotische Taufsteine im deutschen Südwesten", [e-version available], München, 2011