Wildenrath
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wegberg-Wildenrath, die Pfarrkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 29 March 2014 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wildenrath,_die_Pfarrkriche_Dm150_foto4_2014-03-29_10.32.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2024]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wildenrath St. Johannes Altarraum"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Käthe und Bernd Limburg, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 2013 by Käthe und Bernd Limburg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wildenrath_St._Johannes_Altarraum_2.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25700WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johann Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Ecke Heinsberger Straße - Hochstraße, 41844 Wegberg-Wildenrath, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Heinsberg, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road B221, 8 km W of Wegberg, 45-50 km W of Düsseldorf
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Aachen
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the baptismal chapel at the base of the tower
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: church [chapel of ease to Wassenberg] here documented 1118; became independent 1474; merged with other parishes and became again a branch church in 2013
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kirchen und Kapellen in der Stadt Wegberg, Kirche St. Johann Baptist in Wildenrath [http://www.limburg-bernd.de/Kirchen und Kapellen im Kreis Heinsberg/Bilder Wegberg/Wildenrath St. Johann Baptist.htm] [accessed 14 September 2024] as a baptismal font of the 12th century from the earlier church here; it is located in the baptismal chapel, in the space at the base of the tower.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.12432, 6.19275
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 27,5″ N, 6° 11′ 34,0″ E
UTM: 32U 303560 5667398