Altenhausen No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 24815ALT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)

Church/Chapel: Evangelische Sankt-Trinitatis-Kirche in Altenhausen / Trinitatiskirche Altenhausen

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity

Church Location: Am Teich, 39343 Altenhausen, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt

Directions to Site: Located N of the Bd2, about 35 km WNW of Magdeburg

Font Location in Church: Outside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.262552, 11.255758

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 15′ 45.19″ N, 11° 15′ 20.73″ E

UTM: 32U 653941 5792638

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone