Heiligenfelde / Heiligenfelde zu Syke

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design element - motifs - foliage

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design element - motifs - foliage

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-luth. Gesamtkirchengemeinde Syke-Barrien-Heiligenfelde, 2023

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design element - motifs - vine

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior in context

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view of font and baptismal dish

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: the old font in the northeast corner of the nave, by the chancel steps

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25244HEI
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Michaelskirche in Heiligenfelde (zu Syke)
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Heiligenfelde, 28857 Syke, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Diepholz, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off the K129, E of the Bd6, in the mun icipality and about 6 km SSE of Syke, 20+ km S of Bremen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE area of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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: 12th-13thC church;
The entry for this church in the Ev.-luth. Gesamtkirchengemeinde Syke-Barrien-Heiligenfelde [https://kirche-heiligenfelde.de/wir-ueber-uns/unsere-kirche/] [accessed 9 January 2024] notes and illustrates a baptismal font of the 13th century decorated with a tendril frieze ["ein romanisches Taufbecken. Mit einem Rankenfries verziert, datiert es aus dem 13. Jahrhundert"]. Drake (2002) mentions a group sandstone font in Westphalia, "in the area south and slightly east of Bremen", which includes the fonts at Achim, Heiligenfelde, Riede and Verden cathedral, as well.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.87916, 8.872522
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 52′ 44.98″ N, 8° 52′ 21.08″ E
UTM: 32U 491421 5858836

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002