Lontal

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Scene Description: the medieval basin on a modern replacement base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image in Seelsorgeeinheit Lone-Brenz [https://se-lone-brenz.drs.de/stetten/lontal/kirche-und-geschichte.html] [accessed 3 April 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval font is now located in the southeast corner of the nave

Image Source: digital image in Seelsorgeeinheit Lone-Brenz [https://se-lone-brenz.drs.de/stetten/lontal/kirche-und-geschichte.html] [accessed 3 April 2023]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the later font and its cover in the foreground

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the later font and its cover are visible in the bottom-left corner of the image

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view of church interior - looking east

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 24648LON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only

Font Date: ca. 1200?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Ulrich Lontal

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ulrich of Augsburg [aka Odalricus, Uodalric]

Church Notes: church here first documented ca. 1200; pilgrimage church; present church 1603-1605; renovated 1880; renovated 1963-1964

Church Address: St.-Ulrich-Str. 5, 89168 Niederstotzingen-Lontal, Germany

Site Location: Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the L1168, E of Bd7, in the municipality of Niederstotzingen, 25-30 km NE of Ulm, about 80 km ESE of Stuttgart

Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Additional Comments: buried font (excavated and restored to the church) / disused font (a later font is regularly used for baptisms) / altered font (modern base)

Font Notes: Click to view

The baptismal font is use in this church appears modern, probably from one of the renovations of the building; the basin of a medieval font, however, was dug up in an arcaheological excavation in the church grounds; it appears to be polygonal on the outside and decorated with what may be foliage patterns, but very eroded; its inner basin is round; the base is a modern replacement; it is now [2023] located inside the church, in the southeast corner of the nave. The later font is located at the fromt, in the southeast area of the nave; it has a wooden cover with a figural finial.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: polygonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

Drainage Notes: no lining