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view of basin in context

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view of basin in context

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - tower

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - tower - painting - detail

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24817HUN
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Stadtkirche Hungen
Church Location: Neugasse 3, 35410 Hungen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Giessen, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the Bd457, about 20 km SE of Giessen
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the churchyard
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval? / Renaissance?
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: 12thC church; priest recorded 1183; church documented 1286; Reformed mid-16thC; modified 16th, 17th and 20thC
A roughly hemispherical basin of stone rests upside down in the churchyard, now badly eroded and covered in moss; it has an of arch-like pattern all around; probably of the Renaissance period; the underbowl is suspiciouslu regular and round, without apparent drain hole; what would the base have been like?

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.474421, 8.901331
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 28′ 27.92″ N, 8° 54′ 4.79″ E
UTM: 32U 492999 5591386

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Exterior Shape: round