Altenhausen No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24815ALT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Sankt-Trinitatis-Kirche in Altenhausen / Trinitatiskirche Altenhausen
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Am Teich, 39343 Altenhausen, Germany
Site Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of the Bd2, about 35 km WNW of Magdeburg
Additional Comments: disused font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The disused basin of a Romanesque stone baptismal font is reported outside the church in the Wikipedia entry [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitatiskirche_(Altenhausen)] [accessed 24 July 2023]: "Vor der Kirche befinden sich zahlreiche barocke und klassizistische Grabsteine sowie die Kuppa eines romanischen Taufsteins."] [no specific source given -- perhaps Georg Dehio's Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler?]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 653941 5792638
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.262552, 11.255758
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 15′ 45.19″ N, 11° 15′ 20.73″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone