Niederschaeffolsheim

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Alsace, Bas-Rhin, Niederschaeffolsheim, Église Saint-Michel"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 17 August 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niederschaeffolsheim_StMichel_04.JPG] [accessed 30 January 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Alsace, Bas-Rhin, Niederschaeffolsheim, Église Saint-Michel (IA00061720) [...] Vue intérieure de la nef vers le chœur."

Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niederschaeffolsheim_StMichel_06.JPG] [accessed 30 January 2023]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Alsace, Bas-Rhin, Niederschaeffolsheim, Église Saint-Michel (IA00061720) [...] Fonts baptismaux."

Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niederschaeffolsheim_StMichel_14.JPG] [accessed 30 January 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24583NIE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: 1 Rue de l'Église, 67500 Niederschaeffolsheim, France

Country Name: France

Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Directions to Site: Located off the D263, 4-5 km SW of Haguenau, about 20 km N of Strasbourg

Historical Region: Alsace

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave

Century and Period: 14th century, 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: -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00061720]: "Première mention d'une église paroissiale en 1371 ; reconstruction de la nef et du choeur d'après le projet daté de 1780 [...]"

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font of pinkish sandstone, probably a local stone; it consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides and a rounded underbowl; raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base and a square lower base; the short plinth appears modern. Octagonal wooden cover with moulded sides and Chrsit statue with lamb finial; 18th-19th century?

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.771733, 7.739171

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 46′ 18.24″ N, 7° 44′ 21.02″ E

UTM: 32U 407360 5402848