Veltheim nr. Aarau
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ref. Kirche Veltheim"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa], 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2011 by Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ref_Kirche_Veltheim_8512.JPG] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Jurapark Aargau, Reformierte Kirche Veltheim"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa], 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 7 May 2016 by Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veltheim_DJI_0903.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ref. Kirche Veltheim"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa], 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2011 by Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ref_Kirche_Veltheim_8510.JPG] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ref. Kirche Veltheim"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa], 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2011 by Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht [LuFiLa] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ref_Kirche_Veltheim_8496.JPG] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Der spätgotische Taufstein besteht aus einem achteckigen Kelch über einem ebensolchem Schaft und viereckigem Fuss."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in the Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau [https://www.ref-kirchen-ag.ch/kirchen/veltheim/inneres] [accessed 3 August 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in the Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau [https://www.ref-kirchen-ag.ch/kirchen/veltheim/inneres] [accessed 3 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in the Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau [https://www.ref-kirchen-ag.ch/kirchen/veltheim/inneres] [accessed 3 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24850VEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Reformierte Dorfkirche Veltheim
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Notes: a church here may have existed ca. 745; replaced by a new church dedicated to St John the Baptist ca. 1040; tower added 1250; Reformed 1528; demolished 1760 with new church built on its old foundations; restrored and renovated since
Church Address: Oberdorfstrasse, 5106 Veltheim, Switzerland
Site Location: Aargau, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road K471 [aka Burgerstrasse], S of highway 3, on the W bank of the Aare river, 10 km ENE of Aarau
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Reformierte Kirchen im Aargau [https://www.ref-kirchen-ag.ch/kirchen/veltheim/inneres] [accessed 3 August 2023] notes and illustrates a late-Gothic octagonal basin on an octagonal-to-square base ["Der spätgotische Taufstein besteht aus einem achteckigen Kelch über einem ebensolchem Schaft und viereckigem Fuss."]
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: 32T 435709 5254224
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.438295, 8.147355
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 26′ 17.86″ N, 8° 8′ 50.48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal