Schirmenitz
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche, Pfarrweg 2 in Cavertitz OT Schirmenitz"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Radler1959, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 8 April 2017 by Radler1959 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schirmenitz_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 12 August 2023]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein im Garten des Pfarrhauses"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [source N/A]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24891SCH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Ev. Pfarrkirche Schirmenitz
Font Location in Church: [in the vicarage garden in 1952]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified 16th and 18thC; restored 2017
Church Address: Strehlaer Str. 3, , Schirmenitz, 04758 Cavertitz, Germany
Site Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the Bd182, on the W bank f the Elbe river, about 60 km E of Leipzig
Font Notes:
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A B&W photograph of 1952 [source not available] captioned "Taufstein im Garten des Pfarrhauses" shows a dodecagonal stone basin in use as a planter in the vicarage garden; it stands on a short round moulded base. The design of the font suggests a late-Gothic period. [NB: we have no information on the present whereabouts of this font]
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: 33U 373820 5695075
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.392862, 13.186367
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 23′ 34.3″ N, 13° 11′ 10.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: dodecagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal