Ohrdruf
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inscription
Scene Description: [cf. InscriptionArea]
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Image Source: digital photograph 7 September 2011 by CTHOE
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: " Ohrdruf, Blick vom Goldberg auf St. Trinitatis"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oberlehrer70, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 18 January 2014 by Oberlehrer70
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: "Ohrdruf, Trinitatiskirche, Taufstein von ~1680"
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Image Source: digital photograph 7 September 2011 by CTHOE
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angel - head - 2
Scene Description: on opposite sides of the basin
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Image Source: digital photograph 7 September 2011 by CTHOE
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by K.-P. Schambach in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf https://www.ohrdruf.de/info/poi/st-trinitatis-kirche-zu-ohrdruf-900000117-37160.html [accessed 25 January 2026]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by K.-P. Schambach in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf https://www.ohrdruf.de/info/poi/st-trinitatis-kirche-zu-ohrdruf-900000117-37160.html [accessed 25 January 2026]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by K.-P. Schambach in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf https://www.ohrdruf.de/info/poi/st-trinitatis-kirche-zu-ohrdruf-900000117-37160.html [accessed 25 January 2026]
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidenitfied
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by K.-P. Schambach in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf https://www.ohrdruf.de/info/poi/st-trinitatis-kirche-zu-ohrdruf-900000117-37160.html [accessed 25 January 2026]
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view of font in context - east view
Scene Description: showing the coat or arms on its side
Image Source: digital photograph trinitatiskirche_102_web
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26075FSP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1680
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (late), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-Lutherische Trinitatiskirche Ohrdruf
Church Patron Saint(s): Holy Trinity
Previous Font Location(s): probably from the disappeared castle chapel of Ehrenstein Castle in Ohrdruf [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: earlier smaller chapel dedicated to St. Lawrence became delapidated; was demolished in 1533; present church consecrated 1714;
Church Address: Waldstraße, 99885 Ohrdruf, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3624 313536
Site Location: Gotha, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the 88-247 crossroads, 15-20 km S of Gotha, about 40 km SW of Erfurt
Additional Comments: painted and gilded font
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Ev-Luth. KirchegemeindeverbandOhrdruf-Luisenthal [https://ohrdruf-luisenthal.de/unsere-kirchen/trinitatis] [accessed 25 January 2026] reports a baptismal font dated from ca. 1680, probably from the disappeared castle chapel of Ehrenstein Castle in Ohrdruf: "Der um 1680 entstandene Taufstein stammt vermutlich aus der Schlosskapelle (existiert nicht mehr) des Schlosses Ehrenstein in Ohrdruf."
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 622182 5631587
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8231, 10.7347
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 49′ 23.16″ N, 10° 44′ 4.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "BAPTISTERIUM HOC / IN / DEI GLORIAM / ECCLESIAE USUM / SUIQVE MEMORIAM / FIERI FECIT / PHILIPPUS JACOBUS OTTO / [...] DUCIS SAXO-GOTHANI / ET / CELS. COMIT. HOI [...]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. ImagesArea]
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Notes: low-dome with gilded floral finial