Schenkenberg in Delitzsch / Schenkenberg bei Leipzig
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angel - cherub
Scene Description: on several sides of the basin
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coat of arms - Alexander von Miltitz, auf Schenckenberg, Oberau und Berendorff
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - patterns - ball-in-socket
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Scene Description: the coat of arms of the Miltitz family as illustrated in Johann Siebmacher's New Wappenbuch (1605: 155); it is very close to the representation on this font
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Johann Siebmacher (1605) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miltitz.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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Scene Description: the Miltitz family arms on a 1660 plaque: "Unweit von Schloß Batzdorf schmiegt sich das Totenhäuschen (GMP: 51.135006,13.503311) an den Elbhang. Der Wappenstein am Haus von 1680 weist auf R. von Miltitz hin. Mit Toten hat es aber wohl nichts zu tun. Es ist ein Garten- und Lusthaus aus dem frühen 17. Jh. in der Nähe eines Weinberges. Um dieses Gebäude mit den den vielen Namen "Scheechhäusel", "Weinbergshäuschen," "Buschhaus", "Lusthäuschen" oder "Kaffeehaus" ranken sich viele Legenden"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jörg Blobelt, 2002
Image Source: digital image 26 October 2002 by Jörg Blobelt of a 1660 plaque [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20021026980NR_Batzdorf_Totenhäuschen.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023];
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inscription - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2016 by Andreas Bechert, provided by Pol Herman
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inscription - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2016 by Andreas Bechert, provided by Pol Herman
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of Schenkenberg (District of Delitzsch)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dan Kollmann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 4 August 2013 by Dan Kollmann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Schenkenberg_(Ortsteil_von_Delitzsch).jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2016 by Andreas Bechert, provided by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24849SCH
Church/Chapel: Ev. Pfarrkirche in Schenkenberg
Church Location: Vierzehner Reihe 6, 04509 Delitzsch, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located W of the Bd20, in the municipality and 3 km NW of Delitzsch town centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1635?
Century and Period: 17th century, Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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: 13th-14thC church; modified 18thC
The entry for this church in Architektur-Blicklight [https://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/schenkenberg-kirche-delitzsch-nordsachsen/] [accessed 3 August 2023] notes a baptismal font of sandstone in this church. The font consists of a square basin with chamfered corners that make it octagonal; raised on a moulded pedestal base, also square, that be a later replacement; the basin has an inscription and a ball-in-socket pattern below the upper rim; the basin sides are decorated with cherubs and at least one coat of arms labelled 'Alexander von Miltitz'; around the lower side of the basin is an inscription with the well-known "Lasset die Kindlein zu mir [...]" gospel phrase. No cover proper but a wooden frame to support the baptismal dish in use. The person named in the inscription with the coat of arms could be Alexander von Miltitz, auf Schenckenberg, Oberau und Berendorff (1578-1635), as identified in GENI [https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-von-Miltitz-auf-Schenckenberg-Oberau-und-Berendorff/6000000028065396974] [accessed 3 August 2023]; he may well be the donor of the font, donated by him before his death, or in his honour thereafter. The design of the arms on the font is very close to that found in Johann Siebmacher's New Wappenbuch (1605: 155) and to another representation of it in a 1660 plaque [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20021026980NR_Batzdorf_Totenhäuschen.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023]; other representations of the Miltitz' family arms are much more stylised, as seen for instance in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miltitz-Wappen.png [accessed 3 August 2023]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.54,
12.313333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 32′ 24″ N,
12° 18′ 48″ E
UTM: 33U 313690 5713299
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square