Wiedensahl No. 1
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Die aus Sandstein gehauene Schale mit Standfuß wurde bis zum 30-jährigen Krieg in der St. Nikolai Kirche in Wiedensahl für die Taufe benutzt. Heute hat der Taufstein seinen Platz auf dem Friedhof, an der Südseite der Kirche." -- the earlier font in the churchyard
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Scene Description: the earlier font in the churchyard
INFORMATION
FontID: 25221WIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelish lutherische St. Nicolai Pfarrkirche Wiedensahl
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Hauptstraße 89A, 31719 Wiedensahl, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5726 321
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schaumburg, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the L372 [aka Hauptstraße], S of the K43 [aka In der Hespe], 11 km NW of Stadthagen, about 50 km W of Hannover
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the churchyard
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th - 16th century
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: chapel here mentioned ca. 1000, possibly existed at the time of the Saxon Wars ot earlier; expanded 1275; documented 1277; demolished and re-built 1516
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated as a sandstone font that was used for baptisms in the St. Nikolai Church in Wiedensahl until the Thirty Years' War; today the font is located in the cemetery, on the south side of the church, in Spurensuche: ein Projekt der Schaumberger Landschaft [https://spurensuche.schaumburgerlandschaft.de/touren_detail.php?id=1260&kategorie=9&startpos=0] [accessed 30 December 2023] ["Die aus Sandstein gehauene Schale mit Standfuß wurde bis zum 30-jährigen Krieg in der St. Nikolai Kirche in Wiedensahl für die Taufe benutzt. Heute hat der Taufstein seinen Platz auf dem Friedhof, an der Südseite der Kirche"] [cf. BSI entry for Wiedensahl No. 2 for the later font in use inside the church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.38327, 9.11943
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 22′ 59.77″ N, 9° 7′ 9.95″ E
UTM: 32U 508129 5803675
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the upper rim surface
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]