Nausitz / Nuseze
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25933NAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1583
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische St. Johannis-Kirche, Nausitz
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: 13thC fortified tower; present nave ca. 1700; closed 1981; renovated and restored 2003
Church Address: Nausitzer Dorfstraße 35, 06571 Roßleben-Wiehe, Germany
Site Location: Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L1215 [aka Nausitzer Dorfstraße], E of road 71, 15 km S of Sangerhausen, about 45 km NNE of Erfurt
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Erfurt
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Kirchenkreis Eisleben-Sömmerda [https://www.kirchenkreis-eisleben-soemmerda.de/kirchenkreis/pfarrbereich-rossleben-wiehe/nausitz/] [accessed 17 November 2025] reports a baptismal font of 1583 installed in the nave: "1583: Taufstein im Kirchschiff aufgestellt".
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 662886 5687382
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.314399, 11.337291
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 18′ 51.83″ N, 11° 20′ 14.25″ E