Schonberg in Schrecksbach / Schönberg in Schrecksbach
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24516SCH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kapel Schönberg in Schrecksbach
Church Location: 34637 Schrecksbach, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (E) county road 254, in the municipality and 3 km NNE of Schrecksbach, 12 km N of Alsfeld, about 45 km NNW of Fulda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
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: 11th-12thC chapel; documented 1261 as parochial; much modified since
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz [https://www.denkmalschutz.de/denkmal/kapelle-auf-dem-schoenberg.html] [accessed 15 December 2022] reports a 12th-century baptismal font in this ca, 1000 church: "Die Ausstattung stammt - bis auf den Taufstein des 12. Jahrhunderts - aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert." The medieval monolithic tub-shaped font is roughly cylindrical in shape; its sides are decorated with several [4? / 5?] round arch-heads that may have has somemtif carved in them but are two eroded for identification now; a large part of the upper basin is missing and there are several more damage to it. There is no cover present but there is a metal structure atop probably intended to support a baptismal dish.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.85435, 9.2966
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 51′ 15.66″ N, 9° 17′ 47.76″ E
UTM: 32U 520877 5633670
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining