Hiltpoltstein
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view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hiltpoltstein, Matthäuskirche"
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Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2019 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matthäuskirche_Hiltpoltstein_20190920_005.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westansicht von Hiltpoltstein"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kassandro, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 30 May 2007 by Kassandro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HiltpoltsteinWest.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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design element - architectural - arch or window - round - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margrafenkirchen, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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symbol - shell - 8?
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margrafenkirchen, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the front and cover partially visible in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margrafenkirchen, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the font and and cover are partially visible beneath the chancel arch, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margrafenkirchen, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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view of font cover - finial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margrafenkirchen, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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view of font cover - finial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margrafenkirchen, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24537HIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1626?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early?), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-Lutherische Pfarrkirche St. Matthäus
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Am Schloßhof 6 / Hinterer Berg 1, 91355 Hiltpoltstein, Germany -- Tel.: +49 9192 9918945
Site Location: Forchheim, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the St2241 and road 2 crossroads, in the municipality and 6-7 km ENE of Gräfenberg, 25-30 km NE of Nuremberg
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde Hiltpoltstein [http://www.hiltpoltstein-evangelisch.de/] [accessed 22 December 2022] notes the octagonal font of [ca.?] 1626 decorated with shells in this church: "das achtseitige Taufbecken mit Muschelrelief (um 1626)". The entry in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-matthaeus-hiltpoltstein/#/] [accessed 22 December 2022] describes a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1626, topped with a wooden cover of ca. 1700; there is an inscription: "Taufstein, Sandstein mit einfacher Bemalung (1626), hölzerner Deckel mit stilisierter Krone und segnendem Engel (um 1700). Auch der Taufstein erhielt seine Abdeckung erst um 1700. Besondere Ausstattung erfuhr die Kirche durch das achtseitige Taufbecken mit Muschelrelief (um 1626). Inscription : „Ihr seid gereinigt durch das Wasserbad im Wort“ [on the font? / the cover?]
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 667502 5503413
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.659973, 11.321004
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 39′ 35.9″ N, 11° 19′ 15.61″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1700
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: eight scroll ribs support large standing angel finial