Hemmaberg No. 2 / Hemmaberg nr Globasnithz / Gora svete Heme
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view of church interior
Scene Description: Source caption: " Hemmaberg, Globasnitz, Kärnten - Westliche Doppelkirche: Taufkirche (nördl.)" -- the steps leading down inside the font are on the east side, therefore not visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2016 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmaberg03.jpg] [accessed 29 June 2023]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [date & source not given] supplied by Pol Herman
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hemmaberg, Carinthia. Westliche Doppelkirche, Taufkirche, Presbyterium" -- the steps leading down inside the font are visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Griensteidl, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 10 May 2008 by Griensteidl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmaberg_W_Doppelkirche_Taufkirche3.jpg] [accessed 29 June 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24716HEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Church/Chapel: Westliche Doppelkirche, Hemmaberg
Church Location: Hemmaberg, 9142, Slovenjach, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Völkermarkt, Kärnten / Carinthia
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km W of Globasnitz, itself located off (S) road 81, 2 km S of Dobrovca, 5-6 km ESE of Eberndorf, about 15 km S of Völkermarkt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Century and Period: 6th century, Early Christian
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: originally a Celtic sanctuary in Roman times; three churches built simultaneously early-6thC [ca. 500-510]; ruined around 600 AD; medieval pilgrimage church Hemma und Dorothea Kirche built 1498-1519 with materials from the earlier churches;
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the sunken piscina type in the "Westliche Doppelkirche"; the font is rectangular inside and out, and has steps leading inside the font on the east side. There is no decoration visible.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.552967, 14.6678
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 33′ 10.68″ N, 14° 40′ 4.08″ E
UTM: 33T 474534 5155543
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (sunken piscina)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular