Ober-Mossau / Mosaha / Ober-Mossaue / Obermossau
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: "Dorfkirche in Ober-Mossau, Gem. Mossautal, Odenwaldkreis, Hessen, Südseite"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Engeser, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2017 by Engeser
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Scene Description: "Evangelische Pfarrkirche (Güttersbach)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Meier, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2017 by Peter Meier 314159
Copyright Instructions: PD
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christian Spannagel, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 15 November 2025 by Christian Spannagel https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25786622440944666&set=gm.1243194960979302&idorvanity=357567709542036 [accessed 29 January 2026]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25926OBE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (?), Romanesque?
Cognate Fonts: the font at Güttersbach
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Pfarkirche Ober-Mossau / Johanniterkirche
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelische_Pfarrkirche_(Ober-Mossau)
Church Notes: 13thC church belonging to the Johanniterkommende
Church Address: Kirchstraße 10, 64756 Mossautal - Ober-Mossau, Germany
Site Location: Odenwald, Hesse, Gemany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L3260, in the municipality of Mossautal in the Odenwald, 3-4 km N of Unter-Mossau, 6-7 km NW of Erbach im Odenwald, about 40 km SE of Darmstadt
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ober-Mossau
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin raised on short circular base; all plain. No cover present.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 15 November 2025) informs: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelische_Pfarrkirche_(Ober-Mossau) https://denkxweb.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/11572/ Baptismal font is said to be Romanesque."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 15 November 2025) informs: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelische_Pfarrkirche_(Ober-Mossau) https://denkxweb.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/11572/ Baptismal font is said to be Romanesque."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help ducumenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 499330 5494645
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.604375, 8.990733
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 36′ 15.75″ N, 8° 59′ 26.64″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining