Purk
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dreischiffige, romanische Kirche, 1121 urkundlich erwähnt. Danach in spätgotischem und barockem Stil umgebaut und erweitert."
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Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2013 by Duke of W4 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kath._Pfarrkirche_hl._Martin_und_Friedhof_in_Purk_-_Südansicht.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hl. Martin, Purk, Kottes-Purk, Niederösterreich "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 1 February 2015 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purk_Kirche01.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche hl. Martin, Purk, Kottes-Purk, Niederösterreich - romanischer Taufstein (13. Jh.)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BSonne, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 1 February 2015 by BSonne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purk_Kirche06.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 25557PUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Purk
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Purk 26, 3623 Purk, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Niederösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off local road L8259, 25-30 km WNW of Krems an der Donau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese St. Pölten
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE end of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: church here documented 1121; 1320 became parish; modified 15th-16thC; 16thC partially unused; restored as parish 1784; renovated 1971
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Austrian Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrkirche_Purk] [accessed 13 June 2024] mentions a Romanesque baptismal font of the 13th century in it ["Der romanische Taufstein ist aus dem 13. Jahrhundert"].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.44331, 15.3016
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 26′ 35.92″ N, 15° 18′ 5.76″ E
UTM: 33U 522305 5365618
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: wooden dome with metal orb-and-cross finial; painted