Franken in Sinzig / Frankin
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25912FRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: church documented 1131; present church 14thC re-built 18thC
Church Address: Frankenstraße 45, 53489 Sinzig, Germany
Site Location: Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road L82, E of Hwy 61, about 30 km NW of Koblenz
Additional Comments: ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franken_(Sinzig)] [accessed 9 November 2025] reports a 13th-century baptismal font in it: "In der Kirche ein Taufstein aus der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts" [reference given to Georg Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler – Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7, S. 282."] The entry for this church in AW-Wiki [https://www.aw-wiki.de/index.php/Katholische_Pfarrkirche_„St._Michael“_Franken] [accessed 9 November 2025] reports and illustrates a baptismal font made of basalt in the 13th century: "Der im gotischen Chor stehende aus Basalt gehauene Taufstein stammt aus dem 13. Jahrhundert". The font is of the 'hanging' type, the hexagonal basin supported from its upper rim by six outer shafts, and the underbowl by a single round lower base. The low dome metal font cover has an orb-and-cross finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 374773 5595793
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.500708, 7.234197
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 30′ 2.55″ N, 7° 14′ 3.11″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]