Beckendorf

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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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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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view of font in context

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

FontID: 25268BEC
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Dorfkirche St. Georg
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Kirchberg 9, OT Beckendorf, 39387 Oschersleben (Bode) -- Tel.: +49 3949 2447
Country Name: Germany
Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
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: present church ca. 1700 re-building of an earlier one of ca. 1360; tower added mid-19thC
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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.093724, 11.155079
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 5′ 37.4″ N, 11° 9′ 18.28″ E
UTM: 32U 647630 5773654

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round