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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Südansicht der Pfarrkirche hl. Stephanus und links der freistehenden Glockenturm in der niederösterreichischen Marktgemeinde Weiten.
Erbaut wurde die gotische Pfarrkirche in der Zeit von 1330 bis 1360 und 1473 erfolgte die Erweiterung zur Wehrkirche. Etwas Besonderes sind der gotische Chor sowie die berühmten Maßwerkfenster mit Glasmalereien aus dem 14. und 15. Jahrhundert und der abseits stehende Glockenturm"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.Stadler/Bwag, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 25 October 2022 by C.Stadler/Bwag [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weiten_(Niederösterreich)_-_Kirche_(b).JPG] [accessed 14 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hl. Stephanus, Weiten, Niederösterreich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 15 February 2017 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weiten_Kirche01.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2023]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hl. Stephanus, Weiten, Niederösterreich - zwölfeckiger Taufstein, 15. Jh."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 15 February 2017 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weiten_Kirche40.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24924WEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt-Stephanus Weiten
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Schulstrasse 49, 3653 Weiten, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Niederösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B216, 9-10 km NNW of Melk, about 40 km S of Zwettl
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Sankt Pölten
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, E end
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: more such fonts in the area
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: original church mid-11thC(?); restored mid-20thC
Font Notes:
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Dodecagonal baptismal font made of reddish marble probably in the 15th century; the sides are slightly convex and there are a few parallel mouldings on the font. The wooden cover is modern, of two levels, dodecagonal below, hexagonal atop; crown and Latin cross finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.29106, 15.26386
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 17′ 27.82″ N, 15° 15′ 49.9″ E
UTM: 33U 519572 5348685
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: dodecagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]