Butzbach No. 2
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in Markuskirche (Butzbach)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Markuskirche_(Butzbach)_Taufbecken.JPG] [accessed 22 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Butzbach: Markuskirche 15, von Südosten gesehen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mylius [Roland Meinecke], 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 26 March 2014 by Mylius [Roland Meinecke] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butzbach-Markuskirche_von_Suedosten-20140326.jpg] [accessed 22 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Exterior of Markuskirche (Butzbach)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Markuskirche_(Butzbach)_02.JPG] [accessed 22 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking northwest
Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick von der Südempore nach Nordwesten" -- showing the baptismal font in the bottom-right corner of the image
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Markuskirche_(Butzbach)_Blick_nach_Nordwesten.JPG] [accessed 22 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Blick durch das Mittelschiff nach Osten" -- with a partial view of the font located just west of the chancel, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230722002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick durch das Mittelschiff nach Osten" -- with a partial view of the font located just west of the chancel, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Markuskirche_(Butzbach)_Blick_nach_Osten_01.JPG] [accessed 22 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24805BUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Markuskirche Butzbach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, SE area
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mark
Church Notes: original 13thC [1230-1240] church re-built 1430-1520; Reformed 1536;
Church Address: Kirchenpl. 14, 35510 Butzbach, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6033 65575
Site Location: Wetterau, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 3, E of the Bd5, about 45 km N of Frankfurt-a-M
Additional Comments: disused font / restored font / painted font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The present font of this church is an octagonal with tapering sides, decorated below the upper rim with a row of pointed arch-heads; it is painted in reddish and black hues. This font had been relegated to the garden of a house in Färbgasse, but was later restored to the church, where it now [2023] is again used for baptisms. No cover present; a metal rack now sits atop the font, supporting a small baptismal dish that has a metal cover.
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 476813 5587049
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.435, 8.6735
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 26′ 6″ N, 8° 40′ 24.6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining