Schmalkalden No. 1
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ev. Stadtkirche St. Georg in Schmalkalden"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © SchiDD, 2018
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ev. Stadtkirche St. Georg in Schmalkalden"
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenansicht der Stadtkirche St. Georg (Schmalkalden), Blick zum Chor"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ErwinMeier, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 22 September 2020 by ErwinMeier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schmalkalden_St._Georg_01.jpg] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenansicht der Stadtkirche St. Georg (Schmalkalden), Blick zur Orgel"
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "achteckiger Taufstein von 1560 im Chorraum der Stadtkirche St. Georg (Schmalkalden)"
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "achteckiger Taufstein von 1560 im Chorraum der Stadtkirche St. Georg (Schmalkalden)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ErwinMeier, 2020
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "achteckiger Taufstein von 1560 im Chorraum der Stadtkirche St. Georg (Schmalkalden)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ErwinMeier, 2020
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "achteckiger Taufstein von 1560 im Chorraum der Stadtkirche St. Georg (Schmalkalden)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ErwinMeier, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 22 September 2020 by ErwinMeier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schmalkalden_St._Georg_15.jpg] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Schmalkalden: Stadtkirche St. Georg (GMP: 50.721657,10.450647). Spätgotische Hallenkirche (1437 - 1509). Chor 1437 begonnen, Netzrippengewölbe. Die Kirche wurde 1500 durch den Bischof von Würzburg geweiht. 1509 vollendet. Taufstein von 1560."
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 September 2004 by Jörg Blobelt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20040926450DR_Schmalkalden_Georgenkirche_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chor mit Taufstein aus dem Jahre 1560 in der Georgskirche in Schmalkalden.'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giorno2, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 3 May 2014 by Giorno2 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Choir_with_baptismal_font_from_1560_at_Saint_George_in_Schmalkalden.JPG] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25177SCH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Stadtkirche St. Georg, Schmalkalden
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Kirchhof, 98574 Schmalkalden, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the L1026, 55-60 km WSW of Erfurt, about 80 km ENE of Fulda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1560
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic? / Reformation?
Church Notes: present late-Gothic church replaced an earlier Romanesque building dedicated to St. Mary that was partly demolished and re-built from 1434, and consecrated in 1500; onwards; tower re-built 1570 and new parallel tower added
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtkirche_St._Georg_(Schmalkalden)] [accessed 20 December 2023] informs that the baptismal font in this church dates from 1560, replacing the earlier one; it was installed in te chancel ["Der Taufstein wurde im Jahr 1560 geschaffen und im Chorraum aufgestellt"]. The font consists of an octagonal basin with very sharp protruding mouldings sandwiching the side panels; seven of these are painted with Biblical scenes, including a Crucifixion, while the eighth contains an inscription; the pedestal base is also octagonal, with inscribed panels on the sides except where missing; moulded lower base, also octagonal. The wooden cover is an octagonal dome with painted panels; it is raised and lowered on a pulley system.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.721657, 10.450647
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 43′ 17.96″ N, 10° 27′ 2.33″ E
UTM: 32U 602397 5619876
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: painted on one of the basin sides and on the sides of the base
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1560?
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes; pulley
Notes: octagonal dome; painted