Hirschroda

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25940HIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)?
Font Date: n.d.
Church / Chapel Name: Dorfkirche Hirschroda
Font Location in Church: cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: present church is 1728 re-building of an earlier one, a chapel documented in 1506; restored 1987
Church Address: Hirschroda 3, 07778 Hirschroda, Gertmany
Site Location: Saale-Holzland, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road K146, W of the B88, just NE of Wilsdorf, in the municipality of Dornburg, about 10 km E of Apolda
Font Notes:
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 16 November 2025) mentions an uncorroborated report of remnants of an old baptismal font that were lying outside the church.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for briniging this item to our attention

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 686251 5655649
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.022184, 11.655759
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 1′ 19.86″ N, 11° 39′ 20.73″ E