Meersburg
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 July 2023)
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Schlosskirche (Meersburg) of 1740
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 July 2023)
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Schlosskirche (Meersburg) of 1740
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 July 2023)
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Pfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung in Meersburg"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan-Xp, 2009
Image Source: digital pghotograph 28 February 2009 by Stefan-Xp [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfarrkirche_Mariä_Heimsuchung_(Meersburg,_2009).jpg] [accessed 17 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior
Scene Description: Schlosskirche (Meersburg) of 1740
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 July 2023)
view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung, Meersburg (Bodenseekreis). Hochaltar (gotische Altarretabel, seit ca. 2002 (?) in der Kirche; bildet mit der vorhandenen Kreuzigungsgruppe den Hochaltar)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2008 by Andreas Praefcke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meersburg_Pfarrkirche_Hochaltar.jpg] [accessed 17 July 2023]
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view of church interior - ceiling - detail
Scene Description: Schlosskirche (Meersburg) of 1740
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 July 2023)
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung, Meersburg"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rufus46, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2015 by Rufus46 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Innenraum_Stadtpfarrkirche_Mariae_Heimsuchung_Meersburg-1.jpg] [accessed 17 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick aus dem Kirchenraum auf die Orgel der Kirche Mariä Heimsuchung in Meersburg" -- showing the modern font in the centre of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tiratutti, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 13 Septermber 2021 by Tiratutti [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meersburg,_Mariä_Heimsuchung,_Orgel,_Raum.jpg] [accessed 17 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung, Meersburg (Bodenseekreis). Taufstein"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2008 by Andreas Praefcke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meersburg_Pfarrkirche_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 17 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font in context
Scene Description: Schlosskirche (Meersburg) of 1740; the font is probably of about the same date
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 July 2023)
INFORMATION
FontID: 24782MEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung
Church Patron Saints: The Visitation of St. Mary
Church Location: Kirchpl. 1, 88709 Meersburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located off Bd33, S of Bd31, across the Obersee from Constance / Konstanz
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Freiburg
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing these fonts to our attention
Church Notes: 13thC church; demolished 1824 retaining the tower and the nave floor; re-built 1833; renovated 2001-2003
Font Notes:
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The present font in use in this church dates from the 2001-2003 renovation. [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here]
The nearby castle church/chapel [Schlosskirche] was built in 1740 by the bishop of Konstanz; its font [cf. ImagesArea] is of about that date.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.695162, 9.271269
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 41′ 42.58″ N, 9° 16′ 16.57″ E
UTM: 32T 520354 5282455