Niedernondorf

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view of basin in context
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Niedernondorf, Waldhausen, Niederösterreich "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a 23 May 2012 digital photograph by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niedernondorf_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25307NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche hl. Nikolaus in Niedernondorf
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Niedernondorf 20, 3531 Niedernondorf, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Niederösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off the L8260, in the municipality and 4-5 km NNE of Waldhausen, 11-12 km SE of Zwettl
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese St. Pölten
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: medieval building [13th-14thC?]; became parochial 1407; re-built 1674-1676
Font Notes:
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A roughly hemispherical basin with plain sides is used as planter outside the church; it shows evidence of damage to the upper rim area; it could be the discarded font of the medieval building here.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 13 September 2023) includes a photograph of the disused font and notes that a Romanesque baptismal font, a round granite cauldron is still preserved and is clear evidence that Niedernondorf was already cared for pastorally before 1300
["Der romanische Taufstein, ein runder Granitkessel, der noch erhalten ist, ist ein deutlicher Beweis, dass Niedernondorf schon vor 1300 seelsorglich betreut war"].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.54761, 15.27528
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 32′ 51.4″ N, 15° 16′ 31.01″ E
UTM: 33U 520316 5377204
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round