Leimrieth
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Linke / EKMD, 2024
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Christine Linke, in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-89] [accessed 14 January 2024]
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inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Linke / EKMD, 2024
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Christine Linke, in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-89] [accessed 14 January 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelisch-lutherisch Kirche St. Valentin in Leimrieth, OT von Hildburghausen" -- with its tower above the chancel end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Störfix, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 17 March 2013 by Störfix [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leimrieth-Ev-Kirche-St-Valentin.jpg] [accessed 14 January 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Linke / EKMD, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Christine Linke, in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-89] [accessed 14 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25261LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Dorfkirche St. Valentin Leimrieth
Church Patron Saints: St. Valentin
Church Location: Laimriether Hauptstrasse, 98646 Hildburghausen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hildburgshausen, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located off the L1133 [aka Leimriether Hauptstr.], in the municipality and 4-5 km WSW of Hildburghausen
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
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: church ca. 1504(?); renovated 1716-1724
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone illustrated in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-89] [accessed 14 January 2024]: it consists of an octagonal basin bearing an inscription and decorated with four cherubs that have dangling motifs from the tips of their wings, all around the basin; on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with parallel mouldings all the way down. The metal baptismal dish, which may also serve as cover, appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.410769, 10.683328
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 24′ 38.77″ N, 10° 40′ 59.98″ E
UTM: 32U 619605 5585658
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin sides, below the upper rim
Inscription Text: "[?]LEONHARD WA/CHEN SCHWANTZ/CASEMEIS F.AO/[?]
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]