Drosendorf

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altstadtkirche St. Peter und Paul in Drosendorf an der Thaya (Niederösterreich)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Welleschik, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 29 August 2009 by Welleschik [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosendorf_Pfarrkirche2.jpg] [accessed 5 August 2023]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Pfarrkirche in Drosendorf ist eine spätgotische Staffelkirche aus der Zeit um 1517 mit barockisiertem Innenraum."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duke of W4, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 28 September 2013 by Duke of W4 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kath._Pfarrkirche_hll_Peter_und_Paulus_in_Drosendorf_Altstadt_-_Südansicht.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Inneres der katholischen Pfarrkirche Drosendorf-Altstadt, Niederösterreich"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karl Gruber, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2011 by Karl Gruber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfarrkirche_Drosendorf-Altstadt_0824.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2023]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hll. Peter und Paulus, Drosendorf Altstadt, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Niederösterreich - Orgelempore"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 29 July 2016 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosendorf_Pfarrkirche08.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2023]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hll. Peter und Paulus, Drosendorf Altstadt, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Niederösterreich - Taufstein"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 29 July 2016 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosendorf_Pfarrkirche09.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24908DRO
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche hll. Peter und Paulus
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Drosendorf Altstadt 1, 2095 Drosendorf Altstadt, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Niederösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off Landesstraße L41, 2 km S of the border with the Czech Republic
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Sankt Pölten
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: other such: Amstetten, etc.
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: a church here may have existed in mid-12thC; present church documented 1517; tower added 1597; modified since
The present font in this church is octagonal with slightly convex panels all the way down to a modern plinth; made of reddish limestone or marble. Octagonal wooden cover with large Baptism of Christ finial. The font is probably dated to the 16th-century re-building of the medieval church [NB: we have no information on the font of the earlier church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.867297, 15.628579
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 52′ 2.27″ N, 15° 37′ 42.88″ E
UTM: 33U 546098 5412894

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (reddish)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]