Viersen
Image copyright © Karlunun, 2017
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Results: 7 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Viersen (Alt-Viersen): St. Remigiuskirche, Taufstein barock (um 1600), aus Blaustein, Taufdeckel jünger"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karlunun, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 29 October 2017 by Karlunun [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viersen_St_Remigius_Taufstein_8091_201710.jpg] [accessed 30 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
human figure - face, head or mask - 4
Scene Description: "barocke Taufbecken wurde aus Blaustein gefertigt und ist mit vier Masken verziert. Es entstand um das Jahr 1600." [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karlunun, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 29 October 2017 by Karlunun [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viersen_St_Remigius_Taufstein_8091_201710.jpg] [accessed 30 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context - southwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Panoramablick über den Remigiusplatz (Kirche St. Remigius im Hintergrund) in Viersen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ichmichi / Ichmichi2, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2007 by Ichmichi / Ichmichi2 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pano_remigiusplatz.jpg] [accessed 30 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © www.kreiter.info, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph [https://www.kreiter.info/familie/docs/reiseberichte/viersen/remigiuskirche.htm] [accessed 30 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helmut Voss, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Helmut Voss [https://helmutvoss.de/kirchen_viersen_st_remigius_glockenturm.html [accessed 30 Augsut 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helmut Voss, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Helmut Voss [https://helmutvoss.de/kirchen_viersen_st_remigius_glockenturm.html [accessed 30 Augsut 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helmut Voss, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Helmut Voss [https://helmutvoss.de/kirchen_viersen_st_remigius_glockenturm.html [accessed 30 Augsut 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24886VIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1600?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century[basin only], Baroque [basin only]
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholisches Kirche Sankt Remigius zu Viersen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Notes: 8th-9thC Carolingian church made of stone; re-built ca. 1181; re-built 14thC; tower of 1350; present church of 1484; renovated 1704; damaged in WWII and restored thereafter; renovated 2004-1018
Church Address: Remigiuspl. 11a, 41747 Viersen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2162 93140
Site Location: Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the L29-L39 crossroads, E of the Bd61, 10 km N of Mönchengladbach, 25-30 km W of Düsseldorf
Additional Comments: altered font (the base of the present font is a modern replacement) -- disappeared font? (the one(s) from the medieval church(es) here)
Font Notes:
Click to view
Noted and illustrated in Viersen: "Auf den Turm der Remigiuskirche" [https://www.kreiter.info/familie/docs/reiseberichte/viersen/remigiuskirche.htm] [accessed 30 August 2023] as a Baroque baptismal font made of blue limestone ca. 1600, decorated with masks; the later cover is decorated with angels heads and has a Baptism of Christ figural finial ["Das im südlichen Seitenschiff seitlich des Turms stehende barocke Taufbecken wurde aus Blaustein gefertigt und ist mit vier Masken verziert. Es entstand um das Jahr 1600. Der deutlich jüngere Taufdeckel ist mit Engelsköpfen und Ornamenten geschmückt, die kleine aufgesetzte Figurengruppe erinnert an die Taufe Christi."]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention, and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 317744 5681962
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.259834, 6.387819
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 15′ 35.4″ N, 6° 23′ 16.15″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Mosan limeston)
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal