Forbach nr. Karlsruhe
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 February 2024)
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 18 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 February 2024)
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 18 June 2023 by Colin Smith
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font and cover in the baptistery chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 18 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 February 2024)
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 18 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 February 2024)
view of font cover
Scene Description: the modern font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 18 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 February 2024)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25326FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptista Forbach
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 13thC church; re-built 1788; modified 1830; re-built 1886-1891; renovated 1953, 1960s
Church Address: Kirchpl. 3, 76596 Forbach, Germany
Site Location: Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the L79 [aka Luisenstr.], W of the Bd462, about 40 km S of Karlsruhe
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzdiözese Freiburg
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font in this church is modern, probably installed in the late-19th century re-bulding.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this font to our attention, and for his photographs of church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 452667 5392154
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.680639, 8.356972
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 40′ 50.3″ N, 8° 21′ 25.1″ E