Marienborn

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view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehem. Klosterkirche St. Marien Marienborn, Gemeinde Sommersdorf, Landkreis Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland"

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehem. Klosterkirche St. Marien Marienborn, Gemeinde Sommersdorf, Landkreis Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland"

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Marienborn"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einsamer Schütze, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 21 June 2013 by Einsamer Schütze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienborn_2013_09.jpg] [accessed 3 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehem. Klosterkirche St. Marien Marienborn, Gemeinde Sommersdorf, Landkreis Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland"

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gotisches Schnitzretabel (Mitte 15. Jh.) in der ehem. Klosterkirche St. Marien Marienborn, Gemeinde Sommersdorf, Landkreis Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland"

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehem. Klosterkirche St. Marien Marienborn, Gemeinde Sommersdorf, Landkreis Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland" -- the monastery's own Gothic font; it was restored in the 19thC

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24724MAR
Church/Chapel: [Augustinerinnen] Kloster Marienborn
Church Location: Gemeindepl 63, 39365 Marienborn, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt
Directions to Site: Located off (S) highway 2, 6-7 km ESE of Helmstedt, about half-way between Brounsweig (W) and Magdebburg (E)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, S side
Century and Period: , Gothic
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: monastery church originally 12thC
Baptismal font of stone from the Gothic period restored in the 19th century; it consists of a hemispherical basin with parallel grooves all around, raised on a round-to-square pedestal base. No cover present [source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Marienborn_(Marienborn) [accessed 3 July 2023]]. [cf. BSI entry for Twelven for a font originally from the disappeared church of that hamlet].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.19701, 11.10824
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 11′ 49.24″ N, 11° 6′ 29.66″ E
UTM: 32U 644088 5785046

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round