Basedow No. 1

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans-Peter Bodenstein, 2016

Image Source: digital image of content in Hans-Peter Bodenstein 's Taufstein von Basedow, in od-Nr.74, obiter dictum 07/2016 [https://www.ndrom.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/od74.pdf] [accessed 10 January 2024]

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans-Peter Bodenstein, 2016

Image Source: digital image of content in Hans-Peter Bodenstein 's Taufstein von Basedow, in od-Nr.74, obiter dictum 07/2016 [https://www.ndrom.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/od74.pdf] [accessed 10 January 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25248BAS
Church/Chapel: Dorfkirche Basedow
Church Location: 17139 Basedow, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklebourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the K36 [aka Wargentiner Str.], E of the L20, on the E shore of the Malchiner See, about 20 km N of Waren (Müritz)
Historical Region: Amt Malchin
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Date: n.d.
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: 13thC church
A baptismal font made of granite noted and illustrated in Hans-Peter Bodenstein's Taufstein von Basedow, in od-Nr.74, obiter dictum 07/2016 [https://www.ndrom.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/od74.pdf] [accessed 10 January 2024]. The font, which appears relegated to the exterior of the church, consists of a plain roughly cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base with a roll moulding atop; there is a knotch on the upper rim of the basin consistent with damage caused by a cover anchoring.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.695906, 12.67892
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 41′ 45.26″ N, 12° 40′ 44.11″ E
UTM: 33U 346760 5952191

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 21 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Hans-Peter Bodenstein