Schmirma
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dorfkirche Schmirma"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © X-Weinzar, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2014 by X-Weinzar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schmirma_Kirche_001.JPG] [accessed 7 Juky 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 October 2022 [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font in context
Scene Description: the old font, obviously disused
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 October 2022 [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24742SCH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1250?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Dorfkirche Schmirma
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ulrich of Augsburg [aka Odalricus, Uodalric]
Church Notes: 12thC chapel; rebuilt 1250; modified 15thC; again 1609, 1706, 19thC; 1990s restoration.
Church Address: Dorfstraße 36, 06268 Oechlitz, Germany
Site Location: Saalekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L178, in the municipality and 3 km NW of Mücheln, about 100 km S of Magdeburg
Additional Comments: disused font (cf. Images Area]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_Schmirma] [accessed 7 July 2023] notes a baptismal font of the Romanesque period in it ["romanischen Taufstein aus der Erbauungszeit der Kirche."]. The large basin is roughly cylindrical, with a rounded underbowl; the only decoration visible on it is a moulding around the upper rim. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 693466 5688479
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.315130, 11.77610
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 18' 54.5" N, 11° 46' 34.0" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round