Sinzig
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25913SIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?) [basin only], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Pfarrkirche St. Peter in Sinzig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: present church 1225-1241 may have been preceded by an 855 AD chapel dedicated to St Peter; church restored 1860s
Church Address: Zehnthofstraße 11, 53489 Sinzig, Germany -- Tel.: Open 24 hours
Phone: +49 2642 97710
Site Location: Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the 266-9 crossroads, about 30 km NW of Koblenz
Additional Comments: ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM*** -- altered font (modern base)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter_(Sinzig)] [accessed 9 November 2025] reports a baptismal font made of Namur bluestone, probably among the furnishings of the 13th-century church: "Im nördlichen Chornebenraum befindet sich der spätromanische Taufstein aus Namurer Blaustein, der wohl zu der ursprünglichen Ausstattung der Kirche gehört und somit aus der Zeit um 1240 stammt" [the Wikipedia entry gives reference to Anne Schunicht-Rawe, Stephan Pauli: St. Peter in Sinzig. Hrsg.: Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz. Neusser Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, Neuss 2001, ISBN 3-88094-919-0, S. 14.]
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 9 November 2025) notes: "I don’t know how the date 1240 was established. It looks younger to me." The font, located at the west end of the nave, consisting of an octagonal basin with tapering sides decorated with raised motifs stands on a modern polygonal pedestal, and does not appear to match the known designs of 13th-century fonts -- is it a composite? altered?]
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 9 November 2025) notes: "I don’t know how the date 1240 was established. It looks younger to me." The font, located at the west end of the nave, consisting of an octagonal basin with tapering sides decorated with raised motifs stands on a modern polygonal pedestal, and does not appear to match the known designs of 13th-century fonts -- is it a composite? altered?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help i documenting it
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: low dome; metal; modern