Buchs / Buchs im Furttal
Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Assumed PD
Results: 5 records
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
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]
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
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]
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
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]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
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]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 25252BUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
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
Font Notes:
Click to view
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