Poznan No. 3 / Poznań / Posen
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Poznań, Kościół klasztorny joannitów, ob. św. Jana Jerozolimskiego"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michalpe96, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 26 September 2023 by Michalpe96 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kościół_św._Jana_Jerozolimskiego_za_murami_(1).jpg] [accessed 5 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kościół św Jana jerozolimskiego Poznań"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Historia3012, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 25 July 2016 by Historia3012 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kościół_św_Jana_Jerozolimskiego_Poznań.jpg] [accessed 5 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25534POZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1522
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Late Gothic [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Kościół św. Jana Jerozolimskiego za murami
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: original late-11thC church dedicated to St Michael; re-built late-13thC by Knight Hospitallers changed dedication to St John the Baptist [aka John of Jerusalem]; damaged by fire 15thC; re-built; became parish church 1832; damaged 1946; restored 1948; returned to the Order in 1992 but remains parochial as well
Church Address: Świętojańska 1, 61-113 Poznań, Poland -- Tel.: +48 61 877 17 17
Site Location: Wielkopolskie, Poland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between highways 92 (N) and A2 (S), about 200 km N of Wroclaw -- the church is off the Rondo Śródka roundabout, between Śródka and Komandoria, in the Nowe Miasto district
Additional Comments: present font of 1522 modified by a 1615 painting -- disappeared font? (the one from the original late-11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem_outside_the_walls] [accessed 5 June 2024] notes: "A sandstone font stands in the aisle, dating from 1522. It is decorated with tracery and a picture of the Baptism in the Jordan, made in 1615."
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 633242 5808385
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.409444, 16.958889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 24′ 34″ N, 16° 57′ 32″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone