Ramsau / Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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design element - patterns - ribbed - ribs framed in round arches
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jörg Braukmann, 2021
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden im Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land (Bayern/Deutschland), Taufbecken von 1658/59; Johannes der Täufer mit Lamm"
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view of font cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian, Taufbecken"
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view of font cover - finial
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden im Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land (Bayern/Deutschland), Taufbecken von 1658/59; Johannes der Täufer mit Lamm"
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25286RAM
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden
Church Patron Saints: St. Sebastian
Church Location: Im Tal 82, 83486 Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Berchtesgadener Land, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the Bd305, 6-7 km WSW, close to the border with Austria, 35 km S of Salzburg, 150 km SE of Munich
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzdiözese München und Freising
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1658/1659?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Franz Keimbhofer of Berchtesgaden
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 of 1512
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 August 2023) informs: "Der Taufstein ist aus Rotmarmor und eine Arbeit des Berchtesgadener Steinmetzen Franz Keimbhofer von 1658/59." The present font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a ribbed pattern in round arches, raised on a baluster-type square pedestal base. The wooden cover tapering in towerd the top and decorated with scrolls on the sides, has a figural finial with John the Baptist (?) holding a processional cros, with a lamb biting the edge of his tunic.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
47.607388,
12.896681
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
47° 36′ 26.6″ N,
12° 53′ 48.05″ E
UTM: 33T 341918 5274808
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (red)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,