Vlatten No. 1
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: showing some of the damage and the metal anchoring
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten) von Nordwesten"
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2019 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_84.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Südostansicht"
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2019 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_01.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Mittelschiff vom Westchor aus"
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2019 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_15.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Innenraum mit Blick vom Chor zum Turmraum" -- the font and cover are partially visible in the bottom-left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Hummel, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2021 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_20.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of font
![Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), spätgotischer Taufstein aus Sandstein" [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1231106018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), spätgotischer Taufstein aus Sandstein" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Hummel, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2019 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_93.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of font
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of font - detail
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font - detail
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of font and cover
![Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Taufbecken [von 1480]" [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1231106019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Taufbecken [von 1480]" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Hummel, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2019 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_06.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of font and cover
![Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Taufstein von 1480" [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1231106020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Taufstein von 1480" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Hummel, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2021 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_45.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Dionysius (Vlatten), Taufstein von 1480" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Hummel, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2021 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)_46.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25032VLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Kirche St. Dionysius in Vlatten
Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Location: Vlatten, 52396 Heimbach, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Düren, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off the Bd265, 6-7 km SE of Niddegen, 18-20 SSE of Düren
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Aachen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late 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: original palace chapel mentioned ca. 840; much enlarged and modified since: 12th, 13th, 15th-16th, 18thC
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Dionysius_(Vlatten)] [accessed 6 November 2023] reports a late-Gothic baptismal font made of sandstone in it ["spätgotischer Taufstein aus Sandstein"]. There appears to be two baptismal fonts in this church; of the two one appears damaged and disused; it is of monolithic design but actually consist of two [sandstone?] blocks; it is octagonal from top to bottom; the upper half is moulded below a thick and much damaged upper rim round moulding; the basin sides are also very eroded and damaged; the bottom end of this upper block has capital-like ends for the attached columns below; the lower block has eight attached columns; the niches between the columns are blank. No cover present but it has metal anchoring evidence in the upper rim. This font has the general aspect of medieval furnishing, and may belong to one of the re-buildings of the earlier palace chapel here; it is very eroded and damaged, suggesting a long-time exposure to the elements. [NB: for the font in use cf. BSI entry for Vlatten No. 2]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.65279, 6.55079
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 39′ 10.04″ N, 6° 33′ 2.84″ E
UTM: 32U 326871 5614077
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal