Cappel nr. Fritzlar / Villa Capella ultra Frideslar sita

Image copyright © Cosal, 2015

CC-BY-SA-4.0

Results: 3 records

view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Kirche in Cappel"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cosal, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 10 May 2015 by Cosal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cappel_Kirche_(1).JPG] [accessed 27 September 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Kirche in Cappel"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cosal, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 10 May 2015 by Cosal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cappel_Kirche_(3).JPG] [accessed 27 September 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - altar

Scene Description: the base of the altar was formerly the baptismal font in the old church

Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 24954CAP
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche Cappel (Fritzlar)
Church Location: L3426 20, 34560 Fritzlar, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off the L3426, in the municipality and 4-5 km E of Fritzlar, 25-30 km SW of Kassel
Font Location in Church: Inside the re-built church
Century and Period: 17th century,
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: half-timbered chapel of 1669 re-built 1894
The entry for this churc h in the Kirchspiel Obermöllrich [https://www.kirchspiel-obermoellrich.de/unsere-kirchen] [accessed 27 September 2023] reports that the octagonal baptismal font of the 1669 chapel was re-purposed as base for the new altar when the old chapel was re-built in 1894. The old font is polygonal, the basin sides decorated , a plain underbowl chamfer, raised on a plain pedestal base of the same shape.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.127328, 9.338533
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 38.38″ N, 9° 20′ 18.72″ E
UTM: 32U 523690 5664039

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal