Watzenborn-Steinberg
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view of basin in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)" -- the hole on the side suggests the tub was used as a planter or trough in a farm or garden
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_09.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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design element - motifs - scotia
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)" -- all around
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_10.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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design element - architectural - arcade - pointed arches
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)" -- shallow carving; all around
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_10.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche in Watzenborn-Steinberg, Hessen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wikiwal, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 1 July 2013 by Wikiwal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watzenborn-Steinberg_Alte_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_04.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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view of basin in context
Scene Description: Source record: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_10.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_12.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_16.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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view of stoup
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_23.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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information
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche (Watzenborn-Steinberg)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 15 September 2013 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)_11.JPG] [accessed 24 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24820WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Alte Kirche Watzenborn-Steinberg
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Church Notes: 13thC(?) Romanesque church; modified 1489-1490; Reformed ca. 1561;
Church Address: Zur Aue 34, 35415 Pohlheim, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6403 6060
Site Location: Giessen, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of roads L3129, L3132 and K158, about 5 km SSE of Giessen city centre
Additional Comments: disused font (still outside the church in 2013)
Font Notes:
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The Wikipedia entry for this church [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Kirche_(Watzenborn-Steinberg)] [accessed 24 July 2023] with reference to its source in Damasky's Die „Alte Kirche“ in Watzenborn-Steinberg (2002: 50f, 171) reports a Gothic baptismal font of stone that was removed from the church in the 17th century and relegated to the Steinbach courtyard where it sat for centuries; moved to a front garden ca. 1980, it eventually found its return and restoration to the outside of the church in 2006 ["Vor der Nordseite ist ein gotisches Taufbecken mit Spitzbogenfries aufgestellt. Es hat einen Durchmesser von 1,21 Meter und eine Höhe von 0,76 Meter. Im 17. Jahrhundert wurde es aus der Kirche entfernt und durch eine Taufschale aus Zinn ersetzt, da der Brauch, die Kinder ganz unterzutauchen, durch ein Besprengen oder Begießen abgelöst wurde. Es gelangte in den Besitz des Schultheißen des Gerichts Steinbach. Jahrhunderte stand es in dessen Freihof, wurde um 1980 in einen Vorgarten umgesetzt und im Jahr 2006 wieder an die Alte Kirche zurückgebracht.] The tub-shaped basin is still located outside the church in 2013 [cf. ImagesArea]
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 479846 5598268
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.536006, 8.715608
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 32′ 9.62″ N, 8° 42′ 56.19″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 121 cm*
Basin Total Height: 76 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]