Vastra Vemmenhog / Västra Vemmenhög
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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 12 July 2024 by BSI
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Västra Vemmenhögs kyrka. Kyrkan från sydöst. Snabbinv."
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Image Source: digital image [1551-1.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Erik Andrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Vemmenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067084.jpg] [accessed 30 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: shown here after the renovation and restoration of 2021
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI
view of church exterior - tower and southwest end
Scene Description: shown here after the renovation and restoration of 2021
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: shown here after the renovation and restoration of 2021
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI
view of church interior - pulpit
Scene Description: shown here after the renovation and restoration of 2021
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI
view of church interior - retable
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view of font
Scene Description: the late-19thC font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25684VEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Västra Vemmenhögs Kyrka
Church Location: Västra Vemmenhög 351, 274 93 Skurup, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off the M714-M716 crossroads, in the municiplaity and 5-6 km SSW of Skurup, about 25 km W of Ystad
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church; tower added 18thC; re-built early-19thC; damaged by fire 2004; restored and renovated 2021
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaInterior.raa?byggnadBeskrivningId=21720000267236&byggnadId=21400000439820&interiorBeskrivningId=21000001828866] [accessed 30 August 2024] describes the present font as modern, made of eartheware or terracotta in the late-19th century ptobably in Höganäs; it is partly built into the wall at the back: "Dopfunten är från 1800-talets mitt eller senare del och tillverkad av brunmålat lergods eller terrakotta med ekbladsdekoration, sannolikt från Höganäs. Höganäs Kärlfabrik grundades på 1830-talet och tillverkade en hel del hushållsvaror, men även byggnadsornament och fasadtegel. Funten är delvis inmurad i väggen."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.427778, 13.470556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 25′ 40″ N, 13° 28′ 14″ E
UTM: 33U 403211 6143460