Oberelsbach / Öwerälsbich
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: "Oberelsbach mit Kirche St. Kilian von Westen"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 August 2023 by Flodur63
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view of church interior - looking east - chancel and east end
Scene Description: partial view of the font and cover behind the left bank of benches, near the communion railing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Künzl, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2025 by Thomas Künzl
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view of font and cover
angel - bust or demi-angel
Scene Description: three of them?
design element - motifs - scroll - 4
Scene Description: very ornate
design element - motifs - torsade
Scene Description: around the stem of the base
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26072LXY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Kilian
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kilian_(Oberelsbach)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Kilian
Church Address: Rathgeberstraße 4, 97656 Oberelsbach, Germany
Site Location: Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the St2286-St2289 crossroads, 6 km SW of Nordheim vor der Rhön, about 30 km ESE of Fulda
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Würzburg
Additional Comments: the basin appears hexagonal but both sources give octagonal(?)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberelsbach
Font Notes:
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Octagonal baptismal font of 1672 noted in the Kirche im Raum Am Kreuzberg [https://am-kreuzberg.bistum-wuerzburg.de/informatives/pfarrkirche-oberelsbach/] [accessed 24 January 2026]: "Ältestes Ausstattungsstück ist der 1672 gefertigte Taufstein mit achteckigem Becken und gedrehtem Säulenschaft." The font is also noted in the German Wikipedia entry for this church [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kilian_(Oberelsbach)] [accessed 24 January 2026]: "Im Jahr 1672 wurde der Taufstein der Kirche mit achteckigem Becken angeschafft."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 579436 5588353
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.441806, 10.118708
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 26′ 30.5″ N, 10° 7′ 7.35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: Polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal