Wiedemar

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church in Wiedemar (Nordsachsen district, Saxony)"

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

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

FontID: 24848WIE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)

Church/Chapel: Ev. Pfarrkirche St. Katharinen Wiedemar

Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]

Church Location: St. Katharina und Barbara, Doberstauer Str. 5, 04509 Wiedemar, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen

Directions to Site: Located off local road S2, W of Bd9, about 25 km NW of Leipzig

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century (fragment?), Late Medieval

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: 15thC church; modified 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view

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."]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.4652, 12.203694

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 27′ 54.72″ N, 12° 12′ 13.3″ E

UTM: 33U3057705705268