Zuchau
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Zuchau, Evangelische Kirche St. Laurentii."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © M_H.DE, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 22 March 2015 by M_H.DE [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuchau,Kirche_St.Laurentii.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Zuchau, Evangelische Kirche St. Laurentii."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © M_H.DE, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 22 March 2015 by M_H.DE [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuchau,Kirche_St.Laurentii,Denkmal.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: showing the basin of the font on the right, in front of the north pews
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stiftung KiBa, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph in Stiftung KiBa [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/st-laurentii-zuchau] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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view of font in context - south side
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font in the northwest corner of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stiftung KiBa, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph in Stiftung KiBa [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/st-laurentii-zuchau] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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view of font in context - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ulf Rödiger / EKMD, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Ulf Rödiger in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-189] [accessed 15 January 2024]
INFORMATION
FontID: 25266ZUC
Church/Chapel: Evangelishce Sankt Laurentii Kirche Zuchau / St.-Laurentius-Kirche im Barbyer, Zuchau
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: 39240 Zuchau, Germany -- Tel.: +49 39294 20244
Country Name: Germany
Location: Salzlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the L64 [aka August-Bebel Str.], 12-13 km NE of Bernburg-Saale, 45-50 km SSE of Magdeburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, 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: fortified church originally 12thC; modified 1739; renovated 2011;
Baptismal font illustrated in Stiftung KiBa [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/st-laurentii-zuchau] [accessed 15 January 2024]. Also illustrated in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-189] [accessed 15 January 2024]. The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Laurentius-Kirche_(Zuchau)] [accessed 15 January 2024] mentions a baptismal font retained from the Romanesque period in this church ["Aus romanischer Zeit ist der Taufstein erhalten"]. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin on a round pedestal base, totally devoid of ornamentation. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.853793,
11.855273
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 51′ 13.66″ N,
11° 51′ 18.98″ E
UTM: 32U 696635 5748631
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round