Interlaken / Aarmühle
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Zenino, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 26 December 2010 by Christine Zenino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interlaken_(5339626955).jpg] [accessed 11 April 2023]
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view of font and cover
![the present font in this church [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: the present font in this church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [source not given] supplied by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24673INT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Reformierte Schlosskirche Interlaken
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: Augustinian monastery church built in 1133; dissolved 16thC; restored and re-dedicated to cult 1911
Church Address: Schloss 7, 3800 Interlaken, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 33 822 45 33
Site Location: Bern, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 6, on the E bank of the Aare river, on the isthmus between Thunersee (W) and the Brienzersee (E)
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church consists of a roughly hemispherical basin beneath an octagonal upper rim, the side decorated with trefoiled tracery arch-heads ending in little blank shields; there may be an inscription on one (?) the rim sides; the base is totally different in style and design, octagonal to square and covered in large foliage motifs. Wooden cover, octagonal, flat and plain; modern. This font is either a modern rendering of earlier designs, or a composite of two earlier pieces totally retooled. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
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: 32T 412184 5170684
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.683951, 7.851662
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 41′ 2.23″ N, 7° 51′ 5.98″ E