Barnstorf No. 2
Results: 6 records
view of church interior - looking east
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25133BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1690
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Evagelische St. Veitkirche in Barnstorf [formerly Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vitus [formerly dedicated to the Holy Cross]
Church Notes: late-Romanesque church of 1264 replaced an earlier one said to have been there since 890 AD;
Church Address: Kirchstraße 13, 49406 Barnstorf, Germany
Site Location: Diepholz, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the Bd51 [Osnabrucker Str.] and L344 crossroads, about 15 km NE of Diepholz, about 50 km SW of Bremen
Additional Comments: painted font (painted wooden font)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Kirchengemeindelexikon 1800 Geschichten [https://kirchengemeindelexikon.de/einzelgemeinde/barnstorf/] [accessed 6 December 2023] reports a fragment of a Romanesque perhaps 13th-century stone font, and a Baroque wooden font dated 1690 with a scene of the Bptism of Christ on the base ["Barocker hölzerner Taufständer, farbig gefasst mit geschnitzter Darstellung der Taufe Christi durch Johannes auf dem Schaft (dat. 1690, wohl aus der gleichen Werkstatt wie Altar, Kanzel und Opferstock) [...] Fragment eines romanischen Taufbeckens (vielleicht Anfang 13. Jh.)"]. The entry for this church in the St-Vite Kirchengemeinde [https://st-veit.wir-e.de/kirche] [accessed 6 December 2023] reports a badly damaged early-Gothic baptismal font now in the rectory garden, as well as a Baroque font of 1690 bearing a scene of the Baptismal of Christ on its base, inside the church. The 1690 font is noted and illustrated in in Kirchenkreis Diepholz [https://www.kirchenkreis-diepholz.de/kirchengemeinden_kkdh/kirchengemeinden_kg/barnstorf_kg] [accessed 6 December 2023].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documentong this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 466343 5840250
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.7111, 8.5018
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 42′ 39.96″ N, 8° 30′ 6.48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "1690"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes & ImagesArea]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: wooden cover decorated with foliage; ball finial/handle