Allentsgschwendt
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Filialkirche Allentsgschwendt, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 10 September 2011 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allentsgschwendt_Filialkirche2.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25556ALL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Pfarrkirche zum hl. Laurentius, Allentsgschwendt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: Transitional church of 1332; modified ca. 1400 and 18thC
Church Address: Allentsgschwendt 73, 3522 Allentsgschwendt, Austria -- Tel.: +43 2718 6436
Site Location: Niederösterreich, Austria, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road L76, about 20 km NW of Krems an der Donau
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Marktgemeinde Lichtenau im Waldviertel [https://www.lichtenau.gv.at/Pfarrkirche_Allentsgschwendt] [accessed 13 June 2024] reports a round baptismal font or holy-water stoup made of granit in it ["Weihwasserbecken (Taufstein) in Halbkugelform aus Granit"]. The entry for this church in TU Graz [https://diglib.tugraz.at/download.php?id=5220691b78c5c&location=browse] [accessed 13 June 2024] mentions a holy-water stoup and a baptismal dish in this church but assigns no dates to them.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 525227 5371817
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.49897, 15.34149
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 29′ 56.29″ N, 15° 20′ 29.36″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round