Stein am Rhein
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view of church exterior - east view
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Image Source: digital photograph in the Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde Stein AR [https://kirche-stein.ch/-4/aaa-abfullungen/portrat~69/wissenwertes~80/kirchengebaude/259/] [accessed 28 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25295STE
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Reformierte Stadtkirche Stein am Rhein
Church Location: Chirchhofpl. 16, 8260 Stein am Rhein, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 52 741 23 15
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Kanton Schaffhausen
Directions to Site: Located across from road 13, on the N bank of the Rhine river, 25-30 km W of Konstanz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this font to our attention and for his photographs
Church Notes: 12thC monastery church; interior damaged in the Reformation; modified 1583-1584; tower destroyed by lightning 1561; new tower slightly crooked
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with round underbowl on an octagonal pedestal base; decorated with a single scotia below the upper rim of the basin, a moulding at the bottom of the underbowl and mouldings down the lower base. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 488739 5279264
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal