Niedersteinbach No. 2
Results: 2 records
design element - motifs - spur or stop - 8
view of font and cover - southwest side
Scene Description: the baptismal font in use inside the church
INFORMATION
FontID: 25152NIE
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: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: Late Medieval
Church Notes: church ca. 1200-1250; much modified and re-built since
Font Notes:
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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. The font inside the church consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, the bottom corners decorated with stop or spur motifs, on a broad square pedestal base with chamfered corners. Metal low-pyramidal cover, octagonal, with a metal and glass(?) finial.
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, sandstone?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]