Wiedemar
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church in Wiedemar (Nordsachsen district, Saxony)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jwaller, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 15 November 2009 by Jwaller [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WiedemarKirche.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Bechert, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2016 by Andreas Bechert, provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24848WIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (fragment?), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ev. Pfarrkirche St. Katharinen Wiedemar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Notes: 15thC church; modified 18thC
Church Address: St. Katharina und Barbara, Doberstauer Str. 5, 04509 Wiedemar, Germany
Site Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road S2, W of Bd9, about 25 km NW of Leipzig
Additional Comments: fragment of a font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Architektur-Blicklight [https://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/wiedemar-kirche-nordsachsen/] [accessed 3 August 2023] mentions three baptism-related objects in it: "gusseiserne Taufe, Sandsteintaufe (Fragment), Holztaufe". Martin Franke [https://www.pfarrbereich-schenkenberg.de/images/wiedemar2016.pdf] [accessed 3 August 2023] notes the remains of a late-Gothic baptismal font in it ["befindliche Rest eines spätgotischen Taufsteines dürften zu den ältesten sakralen Gegenständen innerhalb der Kirche gehören."]
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: 33U3057705705268
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.4652, 12.203694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 27′ 54.72″ N, 12° 12′ 13.3″ E