Marienborn
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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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Image Source: digital photograph 2 May 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienborn_(Sommersdorf),_Klosterkirche_(08).jpg] [accessed 3 July 2023]
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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 exterior - north portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehem. Klosterkirche St. Marien Marienborn, Gemeinde Sommersdorf, Landkreis Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Subbass1, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 2 May 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienborn_(Sommersdorf),_Klosterkirche_(47).jpg] [accessed 3 July 2023]
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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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Subbass1, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 May 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienborn_(Sommersdorf),_Klosterkirche_(48).jpg] [accessed 3 July 2023]
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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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Image Source: digital photograph 2 May 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienborn_(Sommersdorf),_Klosterkirche_(03).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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Subbass1, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 May 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienborn_(Sommersdorf),_Klosterkirche_(10).jpg] [accessed 3 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24724MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: [Augustinerinnen] Kloster Marienborn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, S side
Church Notes: monastery church originally 12thC
Church Address: Gemeindepl 63, 39365 Marienborn, Germany
Site Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) highway 2, 6-7 km ESE of Helmstedt, about half-way between Brounsweig (W) and Magdebburg (E)
Additional Comments: altered font (restored 19thC) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC monastery church here)
Font Notes:
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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].
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: 32U 644088 5785046
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.19701, 11.10824
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 11′ 49.24″ N, 11° 6′ 29.66″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round