Niederzell / Reichenau-Niederzell
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche St. Peter und Paul in Niederzell auf der Insel Reichenau im Landkreis Konstanz (Baden-Württemberg/Deutschland)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 28 July 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reichenau-Niederzell_St._Peter_und_Paul_006.jpg] [accessed 6 August 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Basilika St. Peter und Paul in Niederzell, Insel Reichenau"
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Image Source: digital photograph 18 April 2022 by Flodur63 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allensbach,_KN_-_Walzenberg_-_Reichenau,_KN_-_Niederzell_-_St_Peter_u_Paul_v_N_03.jpg] [accessed 6 August 2023]
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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - chancel - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche St. Peter und Paul in Niederzell auf der Insel Reichenau im Landkreis Konstanz (Baden-Württemberg/Deutschland), Fragment einer Chorschranke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2015
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24859REI
Church/Chapel: Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Eginostraße 12, 78479 Reichenau, Germany -- Tel.: +49 7534 995060
Country Name: Germany
Location: Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located in the NW tip of Reichenau island, WNW of Konstanz
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 800?
Century and Period: 8th - 9th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font, and to Pol Herman for his help in documenting the ca. 800 baptismal facility here
Church Notes: first St Peter's church here built 799 by bishop Egino of Verona; late church demolished 1080; re-built and became collegiate church in the 12thC; much modified since
The present font in this church is modern. Sandra Kriszt's St. Peter- und Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell Neubewertung einer archäologischen
Altgrabung [84704-Artikeltext-228177-1-10-20211202.pdf] [accessed 4 Septtember 2023] writes about uncovered remains of a drainage system from the Carolingian church here, conduits that she relates to a baptismal vessel ["Taufanlage"] of the time ["Innerhalb des Kirchenbaus haben sich Reste der Innenausstattung erhalten. Dazu gehören zum einen eine Schrankenanlage im östlichen Teil der Saalkirche und zum anderen ein Abdruck eines Altars sowie einer Schrankenanlage im östlichen Teil des Südannex. In diesem befand sich zudem das Fundament eines Sickerschachts, der zu einer Taufanlage gehörte." Kriszt (ibid.) further notes the role of the baptismal facility in the south chapel of what was an episcopal church ["Auch die qualitätsvolle liturgische Bauausstattung spricht für eine Inszenierung der Kirche als Bischofskirche, und die in der Südkapelle dokumentierte Taufanlage kann als Demonstration seiner pontifikalen Rechte gelten." Kriszt (ibid.) further notes that the there is no archaeological evidence of the baptismal vessel having been used in the later reconstructions of the building ["Im Südannex wurden die Taufanlage und die Schranke abgebrochen. Eine neue Taufanlage innerhalb des Kirchenbaus lässt sich archäologisch nicht nachweisen." [NB: we have no further information on the font(s) of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
47.70689,
9.04422
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
47° 42′ 24.8″ N,
9° 2′ 39.19″ E
UTM: 32T 503317 5283724