Riedlingen

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INFORMATION
FontID: 24706RIE
Church/Chapel: Marienkirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 88499 Riedlingen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Biberach, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located off road 312, about 40 km SE of Tübingen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1680
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
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: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with mounted on a pedestal base; a German-language inscription ["Taufet und lehret sie im Namen des Vaters, des Sohnes und des heiligen Geistes / 1680"] all around the basin sides refers to a Biblical text, and includes the date '1680' on the rounded underbowl below. No cover present but uses a metal baptismal dish atop.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 535161 5333667
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin sides and underbowl
Inscription Text: "Taufet und lehret sie im Namen des Vaters, des Sohnes und des heiligen Geistes / 1680"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]