Beckendorf
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelische Kirche in Beckendorf bei Oschersleben."
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2014 by Kirchenfan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beckendorf_Kirche_2014.JPG] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reinhard Nehring . EKMD, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Dr. Reinhard Nehring, in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-185] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reinhard Nehring . EKMD, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Dr. Reinhard Nehring, in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-185] [accessed 15 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25268BEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Dorfkirche St. Georg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: present church ca. 1700 re-building of an earlier one of ca. 1360; tower added mid-19thC
Church Address: Kirchberg 9, OT Beckendorf, 39387 Oschersleben (Bode) -- Tel.: +49 3949 2447
Site Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L77, 2-3 km ENE of Ausleben, in the municipality and 10-12 km NW of Orschersleben, 35-40 km W of Magdeburg
Additional Comments: altered font (the base is a modern replacement)
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in the EKMD [https://www.ekmd.de/aktuell/projekte-und-aktionen/wasser-des-lebens-ekm-sommerserie-2023/#gallery-185] [accessed 15 January 2024] as a baptismal font of Romanesque origins, probably referring to the fact that the base is a modern replacement.
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 647630 5773654
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.093724, 11.155079
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 5′ 37.4″ N, 11° 9′ 18.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round