Cappel nr. Fritzlar / Villa Capella ultra Frideslar sita
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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]
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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]
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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
Font ID: 24954CAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche Cappel (Fritzlar)
Font Location in Church: Inside the re-built church
Church Notes: half-timbered chapel of 1669 re-built 1894
Church Address: L3426 20, 34560 Fritzlar, Germany
Site Location: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L3426, in the municipality and 4-5 km E of Fritzlar, 25-30 km SW of Kassel
Additional Comments: re-cycled font (now used as base for the altar)
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 523690 5664039
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.127328, 9.338533
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 7′ 38.38″ N, 9° 20′ 18.72″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal