Altstetten in Zürich

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Zürich-Altstetten, Switzerland "

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Alte Kirche Altstetten" -- showing the modern (1880s) font in the chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael D. Schmid, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2014 by Michael D. Schmid [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_Altstetten_05.JPG] [accessed 27 September 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24956ALT
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-reformierte Alte Kirche Altstetten
Church Location: Pfarrhausstrasse 21, Altstetten, 8048 Zürich, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 44 431 12 06
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Zürich
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the Rautistrasse, 4-5 km NW of Zürich city centre -- Altstetten was an independent municipality until 1934, when it became part of district 9 of the city of Zürich
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Medieval
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: originally a medieval pilgrimage church dedicated to St. Mary; first documented 1266 but may go back to the 11thC; re-built 15thC; renovated and expanded 18th, 19th and 20thC;
A baptismal font of 1529 is noted in Hans Hoffmann's Die alte Kirche in Zürich-Altstetten und die 1941 vorgenommene Ausgrabungen, in Zeitschrift für schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte = Revue suisse d'art et d'archéologie = Rivista svizzera d'arte e d'archeologia = Journal of Swiss archeology and art history (Band 4 (1942), Heft 4. p. 244-245; the illustration in Hoffmann's Tafel 96 is of the modern font, but the foundations of the 1529 font are also illustrated in the article. The present baptismal font in this church dates from a late-19th century renovation (1885-1888), and is the one illustrated in Hoffmann above. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.386694, 8.485056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 23′ 12.1″ N, 8° 29′ 6.2″ E
UTM: 32T 461134 5248266