Bad Hofgastein No. 1 / Hof Gastein
Image copyright © Anton Ernst Lafenthaler, 2008
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Österreich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Müseler, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2018 by Arne Müseler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_hofgastein.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenraum der Kirche in Bad Hofgastein, Gasteinertal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Usien, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 2 November 2009 by Usien [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:003_Innenraum_der_Kirche_in_Bad_Hofgastein.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Neben dem linken Seitenaltar steht ein runder, halbkugelförmiger Taufstein, ein Monolith aus Serpentin, der im Gasteinertal gebrochen wurde"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anton Ernst Lafenthaler, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 2008 by Anton Ernst Lafenthaler [https://gastein-im-bild.info/eb/ekili77.html] [accessed 9 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 24879HOF
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Mariä-Himmelfahrt Bad Hofgastein
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Bad Hofgastein 678, 5630 Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Salzburg
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 167, E of highway E55, about 65 km S of Salzburg city
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the left [east] side altar
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
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: church documented 1023; restored 1463; re-built 1498; damaged by fire and restored twice in the 16thC; renovated and restored several times since
The entry for this church in EH - Geschichte Gasteins: Kirchenbau in Gastein [https://gastein-im-bild.info/gekirchg.html] [accessed 9 August 2023] notes and illustrates a baptismal located near the left side of the altar, a round, hemispherical smooth basin of serpentine stone, with an octagonal font cover dome decorated with S-shaped acanthus tendrils it is dated from the 17th century ["Der Taufstein neben dem linken Seitenaltar, besteht aus einem runden, halbkugelförmigen glatten Becken, einem Monolithen aus Serpentin und einer achtseitigen kielbogigen Holzkuppel mit s-förmigen Akanthusranken. Er stammt aus dem 17. Jh., die dazugehörige Gruppe der Taufe Jesu aber aus dem 18. Jh. - sie wird im Archiv aufbewahrt."] [cf. BSI entry for Bad Hofgastein No. 2 for a composite holy-water stoup in the same church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
47.171201,
13.107151
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
47° 10′ 16.33″ N,
13° 6′ 25.75″ E
UTM: 33T 356557 5225927
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, serpentine
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes and ImagesArea]
