Walkenried No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24880WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1220?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Kloster Walkenried [former Cistercian abbey]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: Romanesque abbey church ca. 1130; re-built in the Gothic style in 1290-1330; changed function after Reformation; became quarry site late-17thC; most of the church demolished; now UNESCO world site
Church Address: Steinweg, 37445 Walkenried, Germany
Site Location: Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the K424, 2-3 km W of Ellrich, about 50 km E of Göttingen
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The Wikipedia entry for Kloster Walkenried [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Walkenried] [accessed 29 August 2023] mentions a baptismal font here that had been cast in bronze ca. 1220; it was later moved to Salzdahlum, in Brunswick, in the 18th century, its trail subsequently lost ["Der um 1220 gegossene Bronzebrunnen ist nicht mehr erhalten. Nachdem er im 18. Jahrhundert von den Landesherren nach Salzdahlum bei Braunschweig verbracht wurde, verliert sich die Spur"].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention, and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 612178 5715914
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.583108, 10.619097
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 34′ 59.19″ N, 10° 37′ 8.75″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze