Konstanz No. 2 / Constance
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 July 2023)
Results: 4 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1773
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 8 January by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 July 2023)
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1773
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 8 January by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 July 2023)
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Konstanz, St. Stephan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fb78, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2006 by Fb78 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KN_4044.JPG] [accessed 3 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1773
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 8 January by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 July 2023)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24720KON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Stephanskirche Konstanz
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: earliest church, late-6thC, probably wooden; first documented ca. 680; collegiate church ca. 900; destroyed 926; Romanesque basilica ca. 1130; expanded 1428-1500; tower added 1483; renovated 18th, 19th and 20thC
Church Address: Sankt-Stephans-Platz 12, 78462 Konstanz, Germany
Site Location: Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: The church is located S of the Niederburg, W of Konzilstrasse
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the font(s) of the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Click to view
The present baptismal font was introduced in 1773 [source: https://orgel-verzeichnis.de/konstanz-st-stephan/ [accessed 3 July 2023]]. [NB: we have no information on the font(s) of the medieval church here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the modern font of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 513094 5278804
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.6625, 9.1744
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 39′ 45″ N, 9° 10′ 27.84″ E