Weissenfelds / Weißenfelds

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Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Halle im Bild, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph by N. Laue in Burgenlandkreis im Bild [https://burgenlandkreis.im-bild.org/fotos/skulpturen-plastiken/taufstein-st-marien] [accessed 10 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of church exterior - portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Weißenfels, Marienkirchgasse 2"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 15 March 2018 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienkirchgasse_2_Weißenfels_20180315_003.jpg] [accessed 10 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Marienkirche Marienkirchgasse 2 in Weißenfels "

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Radler59, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2018 by Radler59 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WSF_Rathaus_Marienkirche.jpg] [accessed 10 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Weißenfels, Markt : Evangelischen Stadtkirche St. Marien [...] Im Kern frühgotisch (1351). Nach Brand 1475 spätgotisch wieder aufgebaut. Weitere Arbeiten bis 1722."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jörg Blobelt, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2004 by Jörg Blobelt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20040505260DR_Weißenfels_Marienkirche.jpg] [accessed 10 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font in context

INFORMATION

FontID: 24757WEI
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Stadtkirche St. Marien / Marienkirche Weißenfels
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Marienkirchgasse 3, 06667 Weißenfels, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3443 302082
Country Name: Germany
Location: Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt
Directions to Site: Located off (N) Bd87, on the S bank of the Saale river, 30-35 km SW of Leipzig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1681
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Andreas Griebenstein
Church Notes: earlier church first documented 1158; later church consecrated 1303; re-building started early 15thC, completed ca. 1530; modified after fire in 1719;
Described in Evangelischer Pfarrbereich Weißenfels [https://evangelisch-in-weissenfels.de/kirchen/marienkirche/] [accessed 10 July 2023]: "Der schwere Taufstein zeigt im Relief Adam und Eva Sinnbild für die der Erlösung durch die Taufe bedürftigen Menschen. Weiterhin sieht man einen Hirsch, der wie es in Psalm 42 heißt, nach frischem Wasser lechzt, so wie der Psalmbeter nach Gott." The Wikipedia entry [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marien_(Weißenfels)] [accessed 10 July 2023] notes: "Der große Taufstein aus Sandstein zeigt Hochreliefs von Adam und Eva sowie Wasser trinkende Hirsche als Symbol für die Taufe und wurde wie der Altar von Andreas Griebenstein 1681 angefertigt" [source given: Hannelore Sachs, Ernst Badstübner, Helga Neumann: Christliche Ikonographie in Stichworten. Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1980, S. 181.]. Fully illustrated in Burgenlandkreis im Bild: Die Webseite über Objekte der Kunst- und Zeitgeschichte [https://burgenlandkreis.im-bild.org/fotos/skulpturen-plastiken/taufstein-st-marien] [accessed 10 July 2023]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.200784, 11.971504
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 12′ 2.82″ N, 11° 58′ 17.41″ E
UTM: 32U 707588 5676350

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round