Butzbach No. 2

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Exterior of Markuskirche (Butzbach)"

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 exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Butzbach: Markuskirche 15, von Südosten gesehen"

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 interior - looking east

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

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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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

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 font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in Markuskirche (Butzbach)"

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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INFORMATION

FontID: 24805BUT

Church/Chapel: Evangelische Markuskirche Butzbach

Church Patron Saints: St. Mark

Church Location: Kirchenpl. 14, 35510 Butzbach, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6033 65575

Country Name: Germany

Location: Wetterau, Niedersachsen

Directions to Site: Located off road 3, E of the Bd5, about 45 km N of Frankfurt-a-M

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, SE area

Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Church Notes: original 13thC [1230-1240] church re-built 1430-1520; Reformed 1536;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.435, 8.6735

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 26′ 6″ N, 8° 40′ 24.6″ E

UTM: 32U 476813 5587049

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining