Oberzeiring

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design element - motifs - knob - 2

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus. Detail Taufbrunnen" -- the lead(?) plugin the stone is probably an anchoring spot for an earlier cover

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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2014 by Bitisajn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_gotisches_Taufbecken.JPG] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus. Detail gotisches Taufbrunnen"

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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2014 by Bitisajn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_Taufbrunnen.JPG] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Oberzeiring - Pfarrkirche H. Nikolaus (ab 13. Jh) - Nordportal (zugemauert) (Frühgotik?)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © HaSt, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2016 by HaSt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oberzeiring_-_Pfarrkirche_St._Nikolaus_-_02.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Ledl, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 31 August 2014 by Thomas Ledl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oberzeiring_Kirche_1.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ansicht von Oberzeiring von Osten, in der Mitte die Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Haeferl, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 29 September 2018 by Haeferl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oberzeiring_-_Ortsansicht_von_Osten.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus. Taufkapelle mit gotischem Taufbrunnen und Nikolausstatue, beschädigt."

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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2014 by Bitisajn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufkapelle_mit_gotischem_Taufbrunnen_und_Nikolausstatue,_beschädigt.JPG] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus, Oberzeiring"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nxr-at, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2017 by Nxr-at [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eingang_Kath_Pfarrkirche_St_Nikolaus.JPG] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Ledl, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 31 August 2014 by Thomas Ledl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oberzeiring_Kirche_3.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus. Gotischer Taufbrunnen"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bitisajn, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2014 by Bitisajn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotischer_Taufbrunnen.JPG] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Oberzeiring - Pfarrkirche H. Nikolaus (ab 13. Jh) - Taufkapelle (links vom Eingang) - Romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © HaSt, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 9 January 2016 by HaSt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oberzeiring_-_Pfarrkirche_St._Nikolaus_-_Taufkapelle.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24906OBE
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkiriche St. Nikolaus in Oberzeiring
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Kirchpl. 3 / Bergwerkgasse 4, 8762 Oberzeiring/Pölstal, Austria -- Tel.: +43 3579 8313
Country Name: Austria
Location: Steiermark
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road L514 [aka Triebener Str.], 40-45 km NW of Graz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: 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: 13thC church much modified since; restored 20thC
The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrkirche_Oberzeiring] [accessed 4 September 2023] mentions a Romanesque font in the baptistery, and a possibly Gothic holy-water stoup in the tower space ["In der Taufkapelle stehen ein runder, wohl romanischer Taufstein und eine stark fragmentierte Steinstatue hl. Nikolaus wohl aus dem 13. Jahrhundert. Das Weihwasserbecken in der Turmhalle ist gotisch."] [NB: the original source of the above information is probably Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Dehio Steiermark (ohne Graz) 1982. S. 342–343]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.251222, 14.487005
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 15′ 4.4″ N, 14° 29′ 13.22″ E
UTM: 33T 461182 5233210

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining