Freckleben No. 2

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view of church exterior - tower

Image Source: digital photograph in the Evgl. Kirchengemeinde St. Stephanus Freckleben [https://www.kirche-wippertal-schackstedt.de/gemeinden/st-stephanus-freckleben/] [accessed 9 August 2023]

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view of church interior

Image Source: digital photograph in the Evgl. Kirchengemeinde St. Stephanus Freckleben [https://www.kirche-wippertal-schackstedt.de/gemeinden/st-stephanus-freckleben/] [accessed 9 August 2023]

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view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph in the Evgl. Kirchengemeinde St. Stephanus Freckleben [https://www.kirche-wippertal-schackstedt.de/gemeinden/st-stephanus-freckleben/] [accessed 9 August 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24877FRE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche St. Stephanus Freckleben

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Church Location: Arnstedter Str. 1, OT Freckleben, 06449 Aschersleben, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Salzlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt

Directions to Site: Located E of the Bd180, in the municipality and 9-10 km SE of Aschersleben, about 70 km NW of Leipzig

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave

Date: 1595

Century and Period: 16th century(late)

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: Romanesque church extended to an L shape in 1594 reusing parts of the demolished church of St. Moritz across the Wipper river; renovated 1855

Font Notes: Click to view

A 22 March 2010 article 'Freckleben: Früher hatte der Ort zwei Kirchen' in the Mittleldeutsche Zeiting [https://www.mz.de/lokal/aschersleben/freckleben-fruher-hatte-der-ort-zwei-kirchen-2217228] [accessed 9 August 2023] informs of two fonts in this church: of a Romanesque baptismal font found [in 2010] during the construction of the sewage pipe in Arnstedter Straße. This basin had a diameter of 72 cm., a base diameter of 48 cm. and was 54 cm in height; it was probably the first baptismal font in the first chapel here, and was discarded after the [ca. 1594] extension of St. Stephen's Church. The same source described the current baptismal font in use in the church: it is made of sandstone, resting on a pedestal base, and bears the inscription identifying the donors of the font and the date of the donation, 1595, during the incumbency of pastor M. Jeremiae Ursini ["Beim Bau der Abwasserleitung in der Arnstedter Straße wurde ein romanischer Taufstein gefunden. Dieser hatte einen Beckendurchmesser von 72 Zentimetern, einen Fußdurchmesser von 48 Zentimetern und war 54 Zentimeter hoch. Es war vermutlich der erste Taufstein der ersten Kapelle und für den man nach dem Umbau der Stephanuskirche keine Verwendung mehr hatte. Der jetzige Taufstein ist aus Sandstein, auf einer Säule ruhend und trägt die Aufschrift "Diesen Taufstein hat George Willert und Valtin Buch in die Kirche vorehret. Ao 1595 bei Lebzeiten M. Jeremiae Ursini. Pfarrhere Alhier""]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.703889, 11.547778

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 42′ 14″ N, 11° 32′ 52″ E

UTM: 32U 676045 5731177

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Text: "Diesen Taufstein hat George Willert und Valtin Buch in die Kirche vorehret. Ao 1595 bei Lebzeiten M. Jeremiae Ursini. Pfarrhere Alhier"

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]