Wolteritz

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design element - patterns - tracery
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Wolteritz (Stadt Schkeuditz)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 November 2011 by Jwaller [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WolteritzKirche1.JPG] [accessed 2 August 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font at the far [east] end, in the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stiftung zur Bewahrung kirchlicher Baudenkmäler in Deutschland, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Stiftung KIBA [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/dorfkirche-wolteritz] [accessed 2 August 2023]
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view of font in context - west side
INFORMATION
FontID: 24845WOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Pfarrkirche Wolteritz
Church Location: Wolteritz, 04435 Schkeuditz, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (S) local road S8 [Lemseler Str.], W of the Bd184, in the municipality and 10 km NE of Schkeuditz, 17 km N of Leipzig city centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: ca. 1500?
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: 13thC(?) Romanesque church extended ca. 1500
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Stiftung KIBA [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/dorfkirche-wolteritz] [accessed 2 August 2023] reports a baptismal font of sandstone decorated with tracery ["eine Sandsteintaufe mit verästeltem Maßwerk"]. The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_Wolteritz] [accessed 2 August 2023] notes a baptismal font decorated with tracery and made of sandstone ca. 1500 in this church ["Die Sandsteintaufe mit Maßwerkverzierung stammt aus der Zeit um 1500."] The font is illustrated in Kirche Wolteritz [https://kirchezschortau.wordpress.com/kirchen/wolteritz/] [accessed 2 August 2023]. The entry for this church in architektur-blicklight [https://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/wolteritz-pfarrkirche-leipzig-schkeuditz/] [accessed 2 August 2023] reports a baptismal font of sandstone in it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.452667, 12.33495
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 27′ 9.6″ N, 12° 20′ 5.82″ E
UTM: 33U 314835 5703534
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round