St. Georgen im Attergau / Aterahof / Atergevdorf / Attagoe / Attergaudorf / Attergovdorf / Sont Tiareng im Attogau
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Georgen im Attergau [...] Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Georg und Kriegerdenkmal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Ledl, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 27 August 2012 by Thomas Ledl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Georgen_im_Attergau_Kirche_2.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2023]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "S. Georgen (Merian)"
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving by Matthäus Merian, in Martin Zeiller's Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum, Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis etc. (1679) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S._Georgen_(Merian).jpg] [accessed 29 April 2023]
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view of church interior - altar
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenansicht der röm.-kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Georg in der oberösterreichischen Marktgemeinde St. Georgen im Attergau."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.Stadler/Bwag, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 13 July 2020 by C.Stadler/Bwag [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Georgen_im_Attergau_-_Kirche,_Innenansicht.JPG] [accessed 29 April 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24705GEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Georgen im St. Georgen im Attergau
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: tower from 1114; became an independent parish ca. 1200; Gothic church built [1389-1406] on the site of an earlier one; much modified since
Church Address: Attergaustraße 20, 4880 St. Georgen im Attergau, Austria
Site Location: Vöcklabruck, Oberösterreich, Austria, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L540, NW of the E35/A1 [aka Westauthbahn], on the NW shores of the Attersee, 40-45 km ENE of Salzburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Linz
Additional Comments: fragment of a font / disused font [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Benno Ulm's study of the parish church at St. Georgen im Attergau, Archäologisch-kunsthistorische Forschungen in der Pfarrkirche St. Georgen im Attergau in the Jahrbuch des Oberösterreichischen Musealvereines (1973, 118a) [JOM_118a_0115-0128.pdf] [accessed 29 April 2023] reports the discovery of fragments of a baptismal font of stone dug up; the Gothic font was hexagonal and dated from ca. 1500.
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: 33T 387383 5309991
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.933333, 13.492222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 56′ 0″ N, 13° 29′ 32″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal