Heppens in Wilhelmshaven No. 1

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: a row, below the vine, all around
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Image Source: digital photograph 3 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heppens_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2023]
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design element - motifs - leaf - 4

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Image Source: digital photograph 3 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heppens_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2023]
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design element - motifs - moulding - round - parallel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heppens_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2023]
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design element - motifs - vine - beaded-tape

Scene Description: all around, below the rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heppens_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2023]
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view of basin - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. luth. Kirchengemeinde Heppens, 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in the Ev. luth. Kirchengemeinde Heppens [https://www.heppenser-kirche.de/kirche/sturmflutkirche/taufstein/] [accessed 25 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ev.-luth. Kirche Wilhelmshaven-Heppens"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walter Fleischauer / Waflei, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2003 by Walter Fleischauer / Waflei [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heppens.jpg] [accessed
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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Heppenser Kirche in Wilhelmshaven"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerd Fahrenhorst, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 1 July 2017 by Gerd Fahrenhorst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heppenser_Kirche_DSCN8442.jpg] [accessed 25 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Heppens, St. Nikolai Innenansicht nach Ost" -- the font is partially visible at the far back, left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Heppens, Taufstein 13. Jhdt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
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view of font

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. luth. Kirchengemeinde Heppens, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev. luth. Kirchengemeinde Heppens [https://www.heppenser-kirche.de/kirche/sturmflutkirche/taufstein/] [accessed 25 July 2023]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24827HEP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sturmflutkirche Heppenser / Evangelisch-lutherische St. Nikolai Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Heppenser Str. 29 26384 Wilhelmshaven Tel.: + 49 4421 302279
Country Name: Germany
Location: Wilhelmshaven, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the K291, E of the Bd29, now a district of Wilhelmshaven
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, E side
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
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: early (13thC?) original church or chapel; documented ca. 1495; modified in 1893
Font Notes:
The Ev. luth. Kirchengemeinde Heppens [https://www.heppenser-kirche.de/kirche/sturmflutkirche/taufstein/] [accessed 25 July 2023] notes and illustrates the 13th-century baptismal font in this church, a bucket-shaped of sandstone decorated with a vine below the rim, and a row of round arch-heads below; the old stone font is used in conjunction with a metal baptismal dish ["Der romanische Taufstein ist das älteste Stück in der Kirche und stammt aus dem 13. Jahrhundert. Das Becken ist mit einem Rankenfries und Blendbögen geschmückt. Am Taufsteinfuß sind Ecksporen ausgearbeitet. Der Taufstein, der aus grauem Sandstein besteht, ist ein schönes Zeugnis mittelalterlicher Steinmetzkunst. Im ausgemeißelten Rund der Cuppa liegt eine Kupferschale mitsamt Deckel, ein Geschenk der Tochtergemeinde, der Wilhelmshavener Lutherkirche." The entry for this church in the Wilhelms Haven site [https://www.wilhelmshaven.de/Tourismus/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/13371-Heppenser-Kirche.html] [accessed 25 July 2023] reports a baptismal font of the early 13th century in it ["der Taufstein aus den Anfängen des 13. Jahrhunderts"]. The font consists of a bucket-shaped basin wirh the decorated noted above, raised on a round moulded stem and a round-to-square lower base wih leaves at the four corners. There is no cover present but the upper end of the basin is grooved to take one.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.528858, 8.134608
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 31′ 43.89″ N, 8° 8′ 4.59″ E
UTM: 32U 442636 5931453

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining