Baumgartenberg
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (ehemalige Stiftskirche Baumgartenberg), Baumgartenberg 1 in Baumgartenberg (Oberösterreich)."
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, ehem. Zisterzienserstiftskirche, Stift Baumgartenberg, Oberösterreich"
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view of church interior - portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, ehem. Zisterzienserstiftskirche, Stift Baumgartenberg, Oberösterreich - romanisches Portal von der frühgotischen Kirchenvorhalle zur Kirche "
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view of font and cover in context - west side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, ehem. Zisterzienserstiftskirche, Stift Baumgartenberg, Oberösterreich - Taufbrunnen"
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24766BAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholischen Stifts- und Pfarrkirche Baumgartenberg / Mariä Himmelfahrt Kirche in Kloster Baumgartenberg
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Baumgartenberg 39, 4342 Baumgartenberg, Austria -- Tel.: +43 7269 2570
Country Name: Austria
Location: Perg, Oberösterreich
Directions to Site: Located S of the Bd3 [Österreichische Romantikstrasse], 10 km ESE of Perg, about 30 km ESE of Linz
Font Location in Church: In the nave, towards the E side
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefuk to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it.
Church Notes: original Romanesque church started 1142 but not consecrated until 1243; burned down several times ca. 1428; re-built 1436-1446; renovated 1649-1683; the monastery was dissolved and its church became parochial in 1784; restored 1950s and 1997-2001
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church was probably introduced in the Baroque renovations made to the monastery church between 1649 and 1683; it consists of a shallow rounded [oval?] basin decorated with a single moulding and scotia on the upper sides, raised on a round pedestal colum of the baluster type, and a tiny square lower base or plinth. Low-dome metal cover with know finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.2083, 14.743436
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 12′ 29.88″ N, 14° 44′ 36.37″ E
UTM: 33U 480939 5339484
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round / oval
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]