Klíny / Göhren / Klíny

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view of church exterior - souheast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Klíny, kostel sv. Antonína Paduánského kol. r. 1905"

Image Source: digital image of a 1905 private archive photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klíny,_kostel_sv._Antonína_Paduánského_kol._r._1905.jpg] [accessed 7 February 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25822KLI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Kostel svatého Antonína Paduánského v Klínech / Kirche des Hl. Antonius von Padua [demolished 1985]

Church Patron Saints: St. Anthony of Padua [originally dedicated to St. Wenceslas]

Church Location: Klíny, Litvínov 1, Czech Republic

Country Name: Czech Republic

Location: Okres Most, Ústecký

Directions to Site: The site of the demolished church is located off road 271, 6-7 km NNW of Litvinov, about 20 km NNW of Most

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 16th century (?), Late Gothic

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: church first mentioned 1355, dedicated to St Wenceslas; re-built 1866-1870; damaged by storm 1947; burned down mid-1970s; demolished 1985

Font Notes: Click to view

The entry for this church in the Czech Wikipedia [https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostel_svatého_Antonína_Paduánského_(Klíny)] [accessed 7 February, 2025] reports a baptismal font of the 16th century in this church before the building became disused in the 1950s and eventually demolished in 1985. The entry for this church in zanikleobce.cz [http://www.zanikleobce.cz/index.php?lang=d&detail=1448971] [accessed 7 February 2025] reports also a 16th-century font in it. [NB: we have no information on the present whereabouts of this font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.630556, 13.558889

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 37′ 50″ N, 13° 33′ 32″ E

UTM: 33U 398079 5609734