Penig No. 2 / Altpenig / Penik

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Ägidius Altpenig (Stadt Penig)"

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Taufstein in St. Aegidius"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Katholische Pfarrei Hl. Edith Stein Limbach-Oberfrohna, 2024

Image Source: digital image in Katholische Pfarrei Hl. Edith Stein Limbach-Oberfrohna [https://www.pfarrei-edithstein.de/penig/] [accessed 29 September 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25730PEN
Church/Chapel: Katholische Saalkirche Sankt Aegidien / Sankt Ägidius
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Location: Kirchegasse 4, 09322 Penig, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Mittelsachsen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road K8260, on the S bank of the Zwickauer Moulde, 25 km NW of Chemnitz
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Dresden-Meissen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: [ca. 1500?]
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic?
Church Notes: late-Romanesque church built ca.1157; modified 1515; expanded 1945; restored 1980
A baptismal font from ca.1500 is noted in the Liste der Kulturdenkmale im Landkreis Mittelsachsen [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Kulturdenkmale_im_Landkreis_Mittelsachsen] [accessed 29 September 2024]. The font consists of a plain round tub raised on a round pedestal base and a circular lower base; all plain, in reddish sandstone(?).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.93655, 12.70376
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 11.58″ N, 12° 42′ 13.54″ E
UTM: 33U 338663 5645280

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone [reddish]
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round