Elbisbach
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Östliches Portal des Elbisbacher Kirchhofs (Stadt Frohburg)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jwaller, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2012 by Jwaller [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ElbisbachKirche2.jpg] [accessed 21 September 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font in the context of the mid-18thC church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchspiel Kohrener Land - Wyhratal, 2024
Image Source: digital image in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchspiel Kohrener Land - Wyhratal web site [https://kirche-frohburg.de/startseite/unsere-gemeinden/kirchgemeinde-priessnitz-floessberg/kirche-elbisbach/] [accessed 21 September 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25717ELB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Dorfkirche Elbisbach
Church Location: Tongrubenweg 11, Elbisbach, 04651 Frohburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Leipzig, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off road K7933 [aka Dorfstrasse], in the municipality and about 10 km NE of Frohburg, 25-30 km SE of Leipzig
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: present church replaced an earlier one; it was consecrated 1748
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchspiel Kohrener Land - Wyhratal web site [https://kirche-frohburg.de/startseite/unsere-gemeinden/kirchgemeinde-priessnitz-floessberg/kirche-elbisbach/] [accessed 21 September 2024] reports that the present church was built on the remains of an older one, of which a Romanesque baptismal font made of porphyry has been retained: "Aus allen Richtungen ist sie sichtbar, die hübsche barocke Dorfkirche mit ihrem hohen Turm und dem auffallenden grünen Farbanstrich. Sie wurde auf den Resten einer älteren Kirche errichtet, von welcher der romanische Taufstein aus Porphyr erhalten ist." The same source illustrates the later wooden font in the new church. The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_Elbisbach] [accessed 21 September 2024] reports a large wooden font in it, profusely decorated with acanthus motifs: "Die große oktogonale Holztaufe mit reichem Schmuck in geschweifter Form ist ebenfalls mit Akanthusschmuck ausgestattet."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.103875, 12.636203
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 6′ 13.95″ N, 12° 38′ 10.33″ E
UTM: 33U 334514 5664034
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, porphyry