Niedersteinbach No. 1
Image copyright © FGPSchüler, 2009
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchspiel Geithainer Land, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Kirchspiel Geithainer Land [https://www.kirche-geithain.de/kirche-niedersteinbach/] [accessed 12 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche in Niedersteinbach (Penig)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © FGPSchüler, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 11 March 2009 by FGPSchüler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Niedersteinbach.JPG] [accessed 12 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0 / FAL
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the baptismal font in the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchspiel Geithainer Land, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Kirchspiel Geithainer Land [https://www.kirche-geithain.de/kirche-niedersteinbach/] [accessed 12 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font in context
Scene Description: the Romanesque font is relegated to the grounds of the rectory garden, used as a planter
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchspiel Geithainer Land, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Kirchspiel Geithainer Land [https://www.kirche-geithain.de/kirche-niedersteinbach/] [accessed 12 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 25151NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Dofkirche Niedersteinbach
Church Location: Karl-von-Hase-Straße 23, 09322 Penig, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Mittelsachsen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off the L357 [aka Altenburger Str.] in the municipality and 6-7 km NW of Penig, just E of the border with Thuringia
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the rectory garden
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
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: church ca. 1200-1250
Font Notes:
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Noted in Stadt Penig [https://www.penig.de/verzeichnis/visitenkarte.php?mandat=222368] [accessed 12 December 2023] as a well-preserved Romanesque baptismal font adorning the rectory garden ["Das große alte romanische Taufbecken ist noch sehr gut erhalten und ziert den Pfarrhof"]. The entry for this church in Kirchspiel Geithainer Land [https://www.kirche-geithain.de/kirche-niedersteinbach/] [accessed 12 December 2023] mentions the old baptismal font in the rectory garden ["Der riesige alte romaniche Taufstein steht hgeute noch im Pfarrgarten Niedersteinbach"], and illustrates also the baptismal font in use [cf. ImagesArea], located in the chancel of the parish church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.944838, 12.653873
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 41.42″ N, 12° 39′ 13.94″ E
UTM: 33U 335188 5646312
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round