Kroppenstedt
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin Kirche (Kroppenstedt)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 27 October 2021 by Goldmull [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_(Kroppenstedt)_P1110344.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2024]
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Image Source: digital image of content in Schmidt (1891: 42)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25448KRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1610
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche Sankt-Martin in Kroppenstedt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original Romanesque church consecrated 1207; re-built 15thC; modified 16th, 17thC;
Church Address: Am Kirchhof 6, 39397 Kroppenstedt, Germany
Site Location: Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the L66 [aka Paulshöhe], S of the Bd81, 25-30 km SW of Magdeburg
Font Notes:
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Noted in Schmidt (1891) as a Renaissance baptismal font of 1610 with six Biblical scenes in marble on it. The entry for this church in Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Halberstadt [https://www.kirchenkreis-halberstadt.de/kk/kirchen/St-Martini-in-Kroppenstedt.php] [accessed 21 April 2024] mentions a baptismal font of 1609 decorated with alabaster reliefs ["Taufstein mit Alabasterrelieffs von 1609"]. The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin_(Kroppenstedt)] [accessed 21 April 2024] mentions a hexagonal baptismal font made of sandstone in 1610 decorated with alabaster scenes from the Old (Noha's ark) and New Testament (Vita Christi cycle, including Baptism and Circumcision) [NB: the Wikipedia source for this information may be Ute Bednarz in Dehio – Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Sachsen-Anhalt I, Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, Deutscher Kunstverlag München Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7, Seite 498 ff.]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 658400 5757039
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.94149, 11.30449
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 56′ 29.36″ N, 11° 18′ 16.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
- Schmidt, Gustav, Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Sachsen (Band 14): Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Oschersleben, Halle a.d.S.: Otto Hendel, 1891, S. 42