Westenfeld / Westenfeld in Römhild

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Image copyright © Winfried Gänßler, 2002

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view of church exterior - detail

Source caption: "Westenfeld Dorfkirche"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westenfeld Dorfkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Winfried Gänßler, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph 8 December 2002 by Winfried Gänßler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestenfeldKirche2002-12-08.jpg] [accessed 14 January 2024]
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view of font

Source caption: "Kirche "Zur Krippe Christi" Westenfeld" -- the whole has been much re-tooled so it is hard to known what -if any- decoration was originally on it
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche "Zur Krippe Christi" Westenfeld" -- the whole has been much re-tooled so it is hard to known what -if any- decoration was originally on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ecilia, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by ecilia [https://www.ecilia.de/fotografie/sakrale-architekturfotografie] [accessed 14 January 2024]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Taufstein aus dem 16, Jahrhundert"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein aus dem 16, Jahrhundert"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Linke / EKMD, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Christine Linke, in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/asset/oqddddulTomtTEX-zhvGpw/westenfeld.jpeg] [accessed 14 January 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east

showing the baptismal font at the east end of the nave, in the centre
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font at the east end of the nave, in the centre
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ecilia, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by ecilia [https://www.ecilia.de/fotografie/sakrale-architekturfotografie] [accessed 14 January 2024]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25259WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche Zur Krippe Christi Westenfeld
Font Location in Church: Inside the church. in the nave, E end
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity
Church Notes: church here first mentioned 1185; assumed destroyed and replaced by a new one in 1574-1578; major renovation 1731;
Church Address: Dorfstraße 72, 98631 Westenfeld, Germany
Site Location: Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the L2668, E of the Bd71, in the municipality and about 8 km NW of Römhild, 60+ km SW of Erfurt
Additional Comments: altered font? (the 16thC font; re-tooled) -- disappeared font? (the one from the disappeared medieval church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the EKMD [ https://www.ekmd.de/kirche/kirchenkreise/meiningen/queienfeld/westenfeld/zur-krippe-christi/] [accessed 14 January 2024] mentions and illustratesd a baptismal font in it dating perhaps from between 1574, the date engraved on the chancel arch, and 1731 date of the major Baroque renovation of the church. The stone font consists of an octagonal basin raised on a square pedestal base; the whole has been much re-tooled so it is hard to known what -if any- decoration was originally on it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 606530 5587857
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.433056, 10.5
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 25′ 59″ N, 10° 30′ 0″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal