Wirsberg No. 1
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coat of arms - Christoph Wolfrumb [aka Wolfram] and his wife Margarete [nee Schneider]
![the pastor and his wife [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1122223047_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the pastor and his wife [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_Taufstein_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled - 8
Scene Description: on the upper section of the sandstone pedestal base
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Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_Taufstein_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge
Scene Description: several, gilded
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Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_Taufstein_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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design element - motifs - floral - flower
Scene Description: painted on the remaining panels of the basin
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Image Source: digital photograph of 16 August 2000 by Weissenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_Kirche_3.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: simulating crossing branches
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Image Source: digital photograph of 16 August 2000 by Weissenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_Kirche_3.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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design element - patterns - trellis
Scene Description: all around the stem of the base
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Image Source: digital photograph of 16 August 2000 by Weissenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_Kirche_3.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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human figure - female - Margarete Wolfrumb [aka Margareta Wolframin] [nee Schneider]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bildnis der Pfarrersfrau Margareta Wolfram geb. Schneider in der Pfarrkirche St. Johannis in Wirsberg, Kr. Kulmbach"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jotz, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 18 October 2012 by Jotz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_-_Margareta_Wolframin.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022}
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human figure - male - historical figure - Christophero Wolfrumb [aka Christoph Wolfram]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bildnis des Pfarrers Christoph Wolfram (1613-1656) in der Pfarrkirche St. Johannis in Wirsberg, Kr. Kulmbach"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jotz, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 18 October 2012 by Jotz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_-_Christoph_Wolfram.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022}
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inscription
Scene Description: bearing the dates 1966 and 1647, as well as the names of George and Elisabeth Schneider[cf. FontNotes & Inscription field]
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Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_Taufstein_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wirsberg, Kirche von Süden"
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_von_Süden.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Sourse caption: "Pfarrkirche St. Johannes in Wirsberg"
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Image Source: digital photograph of 16 August 2000 by Weissenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_Kirche_1.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wirsberg, Kirche, Interieur"
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_Interieur_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Das spätgotische Becken des Taufsteins"
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Image Source: digital photograph of 16 August 2000 by Weissenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_Kirche_5.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Taufstein in der Evangelischen Pfarrkirche St. Johannes in Wirsberg"
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Image Source: digital photograph of 16 August 2000 by Weissenstein [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg_Kirche_3.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wirsberg, Kirche, Taufstein"
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Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 11 September 2021 by Karsten Ratzke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsberg,_Kirche_Taufstein_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2022]
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view of font cover - finial
Scene Description: Baptism of Christ finial of the 1966 font cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24539WIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Pfarrkirche St. Johannis, Wirsberg
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: Marktpl. 14, 95339 Wirsberg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Kulmbach, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located of county road 303, 12 km E of Kulmbach, about 20 km N of Bayreuth
Century and Period: [composite font], [composite]
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
Font Notes:
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[NB: there are two fonts in this church, and the sources are not totally clear on the relationship between the two]. The entry for this church in Margrafenkirchen [https://www.markgrafenkirchen.de/markgrafenkirchen/pfarrkirche-st-johannis-wirsberg/#/] [accessed 23 December 2022] describes a baptismal font that represents different periods of the church, consisting of a sandstone base of the 12th century and a basin showing the painted busts of the donors, their emblem/coat of arms and the date 1647, as well as the date 1966 (date of the renovation/restoration of the church), also painted on next to the old date; the Baroque cover has the Baptism of Christ in the style of the period: "Am Taufstein sind die verschiedenen Bauzeiten der Kirche zu erkennen. Der Sandsteinfuß aus dem 12. Jhd. Stammt vom ersten Kirchenbau. Das Becken mit den Bildern des Stifterehepaars von 1647 erinnert an den Wiederaufbau nach der Zerstörung des Gotteshauses im Dreißigjährigen Krieg am 1. Februar 1633. Die Gebetsglocke läutet noch heute um 14 Uhr zum Gedenken. Der Taufsteindeckel zeigt die Taufe Jesu mit barocken Figuren."
The main(?) font is a composite of a wooden octagonal basin bearing the date of 1647 and the names of George and Elisabeth Schneider; on the side panels are the portraits of pastor Christophero Wolfrumb and his wife Margarete and their emblem or coat of arms; the rest of the basin is decorated with painted flowers on the remaining panels, and with gilded diamond motifs in between; it stands on a pedestal base of sandstone in the late-Gothic style [ca. 1500]. The font cover is, as noted above, modern, of 1966. [cf. BSI entry for Wirsberg No. 2 for the second font in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.107173, 11.607455
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 6′ 25.82″ N, 11° 36′ 26.84″ E
UTM: 32U 686442 5553803
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood and stone [cf. FontNotes], wooden basin and sandstone base
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: around the basin side below the rim
Inscription Text: "[?] / ANNO 1966 / ANNO 1647 / ELISABETHSCHNEIDERIN / [?]"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes & ImagesArea]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1966
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [Baptism of Christ scene finial]