Aufsess No. 1 / Aufseß
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view of chancel and east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Aufseß, Schloßkirche"
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Schloss Unteraufseß"
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Image Source: digital photograph 6 Febryary 2005 by Immanuel Giel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aufsess_07.JPG] [accessed 1 January 2024]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Das denkmalgeschützte Schloss Unteraufseß"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Kranewitter [Geiserich77], 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 6 June 2010 by Michael Kranewitter [Geiserich77] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Unteraufseß_2010_01.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2024]
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view of font - west side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Aufseß, Schloßkirche"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 10 April 2015 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aufseß,_Schloßkirche-005.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25229AUF
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Pfarrkirche Aufseß [formerly Schlosskirche Unteraufseß]
Church Location: Schloßberg 92, 91347 Aufseß, Germany -- Tel.: +49 9198 998822
Country Name: Germany
Location: Oberfranken, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the St2188-St2189 crossroads, 6-7 km ENE of Heiligenstadt, 8-9 SW of Hollfeld, 23 km E of Bamberg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 17th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: originally castle chapel [Kapelle im Hof des Schlosses Unteraufseß] of 1309; present 18thC church
Baptismal font bearing eight shields charged with coats of arms, originally from the pre-1744 castle chapel ["Aus der alten Kir-
che behielt man nur den mit acht Wappen gezierten steinernen Taufstein"]. The stone font is octagonal and goblet-shaped, each of the basin panels bearing a charged shield; moulded centre ring; blank panels on the sides of the base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.88306,
11.22788
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 52′ 59.02″ N,
11° 13′ 40.37″ E
UTM: 32U 660046 5528009
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal