Weissenkirchen in der Wachau No. 2 / Weißenkirchen in der Wachau
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view of church exterior - plan
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Michael in der Wachau Grundriss der Gesamtanlage"
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration [in Dehio?] ["unbekannt (hochgeladen von Manfred Kuzel)"] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michael_Kirchengrundriss.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 6 September 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Michael in der Wachau" -- showing the detached tower and, to its right, the back of the ossuary in the foreground
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Image Source: digital photograph 29 July 2010 by K.Weise [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wachau-St.Michael.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 September 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kath. Filialkirche hl. Michael und Friedhof mit Karner, sowie der Tunnel St. Michael der Wachauer Bahn von von Hofarnsdorf aus gesehen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Isiwal, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2018 by Isiwal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weißenkirchen_Sankt_Michael_Kirche_Karner-7239.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 6 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: " Filialkirche in St. Michael, Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Niederösterreich / Einblick nach Osten "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2012 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Michael_Wachau_Kirche1.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 6 September 2023]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Filialkirche in St. Michael, Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Niederösterreich - Zwölfseitiges Taufbecken (1560), Holzdeckel mit Beschlägen (bez. 1610)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 28 September 2014 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Michael_Wachau_Kirche25.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 6 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24913WIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Wehrkirche zum heiligen Michael in Weißenkirchen in der Wachau / Filialkirche St. Michael in der Wachau
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: St. Michael .7, 3610 St. Michael, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Niederösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the Bd3 [aka Donau Bundesstraße], 15-20 km W of Krems an der Donau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1560
Century and Period: 16th century(mid)
Church Notes: ca. Celtic sacrificial site(?) replaced by Christian shrine by Cralemagne ca. 800; St Michael church first documented 1162; re-built 1500-1530; re-built 1641-1643; modified 1784; restored 1948-1968
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrkirche_St._Michael] [accessed 6 September 2023] mentions a baptismal font consisting of a dodecagonal basin on a round base; made of marble and dated 1560. Round, flat and plain wooden cover dated 1610 ["Der Holzdeckel mit Beschlägen eines zwölfseitigen Marmortaufbeckens auf einem Rundsockel aus dem Jahre 1560 ist mit „1610“ bezeichnet] [source cited: Dehio-Handbuch. Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Niederösterreich nördlich der Donau.“ Bearbeitet von Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Wien 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2, S. 1020 ff].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.371411, 15.438559
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 22′ 17.08″ N, 15° 26′ 18.81″ E
UTM: 33U 532479 5357675
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: dodecagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1610
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]