Lengers / Lengerichs
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lengers, evangelische Pfarrkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Reiser, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 May 2022 by Peter Reiser [https://www.staedte-fotos.de/1200/lengers-evangelische-pfarrkirche-erbaut-1766-100122.jpg] [accessed 10 December 2023]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the time (?) serving as a cooling vat at the village's smithy
Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25142LEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Christuskirche Lengers
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Address: Kirchstraße 5, 36266 Heringen (Werra), Germany
Site Location: Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L3172 [aka Landecker Str.] in the municipality and 2-3 km S of Heringen, about 20 km E of Bad Hersfeld
Historical Region: Werra
Additional Comments: disused font / re-purposed font (used as a cooloing vat in the village smithy)
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font from the early parish church at Lengers here appears to have ended up as a cooling vat in the village smithy [http://77.246.127.128:2000/lengers/600jahrelengers.pdf] [accessed 17 March 2023]
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 570159 5635193
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.864167, 9.996944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 51′ 51″ N, 9° 59′ 49″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round