Guttersbach / Crumbach / Güttersbach
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25927BUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Pfarrkirche Güttersbach [aka Quellenkirche]
Font Location in Church: Inside, right under the chancel arch, N side
Church Notes: church documented 1290; modified since in the 15th, 18th and 19thC -- nick-named Quellenkirche on account of a spring said to originate beneath the church
Church Address: Hüttenthaler Str. 43, 64756 Mossautal, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6062 8099633
Site Location: Odenwald, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 460, in the municipality and 5 km SW of Mossautal, 8-9 km SW of Erbach, in the Odenwald
Additional Comments: damaged font: areas ***PHOTOS IN POL HERMAN & WIKIPEDIA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Evangelische_Pfarrkirche_(Güttersbach)?uselang=de]
Font Notes:
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Cauldron-shaped baptismal font of reddish sandsone(?) decorated with a narrow band of foliage motifs below the upper rim; a thin groove below seprates it from a set of trefoiled windows alternating with fleurs-de-lis; on a a very short round stump base. No cover present but there is significant damage to an area of the upper rim, which is evidence of earlier metal anchoring for a cover. It is located beneath the chancel arch, on the north side. A digital image of a B&W photograph of this font in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek: Taufstein aus Güttersbach, Darmstadt, Landesmuseum [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/IH2ZKCCQ72IF6USZUYUWKFAJFUZUD2UI] [accessed 16 November 2025].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 493643 5495800
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.614734, 8.912006
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 36′ 53.04″ N, 8° 54′ 43.22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round