Fordergersdorf / Fördergersdorf / Fördergersdorf am Tharandter Wald

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fördergersdorf (Tharandt): Dorfkirche"

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fördergersdorf (Tharandt): Dorfkirche, spätgotischer Schnitz-Flügelaltar"

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view of font and cover - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fördergersdorf (Tharandt): Dorfkirche [...] Taufe aus Sandstein mit Inschriften von 1583."

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 31 May 2014 by Jörg Blobelt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20140531075DR_Fördergersdorf_(Tharandt)_Dorfkirche_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2023]

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view of font and cover in context - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fördergersdorf (Tharandt): Dorfkirche [...] Taufe aus Sandstein mit Inschriften von 1583."

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Image Source: digital photograph 31 May 2014 by Jörg Blobelt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20140531075DR_Fördergersdorf_(Tharandt)_Dorfkirche_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24829FOR
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche Fördergersdorf am Tharandter Wald
Church Location: Fördergersdorf, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the K9072 [aka Tharanter Str.], in the municipality and 3 km WNW of Tharandt, about 15 km WSW of Dresden city centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the Nave, S side
Date: 1583
Century and Period: 16th century(late) [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
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: Romanesque church ca. 1205; much damaged in 15thC local wars; restored ca. 1480; re-built 1995-1996; renovated 2011 and 2023
Noted and illustrated in the Wikipedia entry for this church [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirche_Fördergersdorf ] [accessed 26 July 2023] as a goblet-shaped baptismal font made of sandstone and dated 1583 ["Des Weiteren blieb noch der kelchförmige Taufstein aus Sandstein mit Inschriften aus dem Jahre 1583 erhalten."] The font consists of a cylindrical basin bearing a number of inscriptions all around it; around the top, just below the upper rim, is the well-known phrase to let the children come to Jesus (Mt. 19:14 / Mk. 10:13); on one side is the date 1584, etc.; the underbowl is carved with a ball-in-arch pattern; the pedestal base, which appears to be a later replacement, is round with parallel mouldings. The modern font cover is made of transparent glass and has a wooden ball handle/finial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.994864, 13.542841
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 59′ 41.51″ N, 13° 32′ 34.23″ E
UTM: 33U 397743 5650264

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: several inscriptions on the basin sides
Inscription Text: 1) "[?] / AN[n]O D[omi]NI / 1584 / IAR /[?]" 2) "KINDLEIN ZV MIR KOMMEN VND WEHRET[?] / SETZV / WORDEN" 3) "ER HATVNS / SELIG GEM / ACHT DVR / CH DAS BAT [?]" 4) 'VND TEVE / FE SIE IN / NAMEN DES / VATERS[?"
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: glass,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat transparent glass with wooden ball hadle; modern