Buchs / Buchs im Furttal

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Image Source: digital image of an 1843 drawing in Ludwig Schulthess, „Kirchen & kirchliche Altertümer im Kanton Zürich“, in the Zentralbibliothek [https://www.e-manuscripta.ch/zuzneb/content/pagetext/1614352] [accessed 11 January 2024]

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view of basin

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of an 1843 drawing in Ludwig Schulthess, „Kirchen & kirchliche Altertümer im Kanton Zürich“, in the Zentralbibliothek [https://www.e-manuscripta.ch/zuzneb/content/pagetext/1614352] [accessed 11 January 2024]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ref. Church of Buchs ZH, Switzerland"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Badener, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 12 January 2009 by Badener [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buchs_ZH_Kirche1.jpg] [accessed 11 January 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: the present font of 1976

view of font in context

Scene Description: the present font of 1976 in the context of the church interior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orgelverzeichnis Schweiz und Liechtenstein, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph in Orgelverzeichnis Schweiz und Liechtenstein [http://peter-fasler.magix.net/public/ZHProfile/zh_buchs_ref.htm] [accessed 11 January 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25252BUC
Church/Chapel: Ref. Kirche Buchs ZH
Church Location: Oberdorfstrasse 20, 8107 Buchs, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Dielsdorf, Zürich
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 17, about 15 km NW of Zürich city centre
Date: ca. 1250?
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
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: Romanesque (ca. 1250?) church modified Gothic with tower; present church is 1631 re-building retaining the 14thC tower; further modified in the 18thC
The present font in this church is modern, installed in the 1976 renovation of the church, as illustrated in Gottesdienst in einer Kirche auf der Landschaft gegen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts [MH_HVF_030-2001.pdf] [accessed 11 January 2024]. A sketch of an earlier font here appeared in Ludwig and Emil Schulthess, 'Kirchen & kirchliche Altertümer im Kanton Zürich' of 1843 [https://www.e-manuscripta.ch/zuzneb/content/zoom/1614352] [accessed 11 January 2024]. We have no nformation on the baptismal font of the mid-13th century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.459167, 8.437778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 27' 33.0" N, 8° 26' 16.0" E