Freckleben No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 24878FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
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: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, 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: 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:
A 22 March 2010 article 'Freckleben: Früher hatte der Ort zwei Kirchen' in the Mittleldeutsche Zeitung [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. [cf. BSI entry for Frackleben No. 2 for the late-16th century in use in this church]

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
Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*
Basin Total Height: 54 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]