Oberwinter No. 2 / Birgel

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design element - motifs - moulding

on the now much damaged rim of the basin
Scene Description: on the now much damaged rim of the basin
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 September 2025 in General-Anzeiger [https://ga.de/region/ahr-und-rhein/remagen/heimatforscher-enthuellt-geschichte-der-oberwinterer-taufsteine_aid-135435853] [accessed 28 January 2026]
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view of basin - upper view

"Der alte Taufstein der um 1730 eingestrurzten Kirche zu Birgel" -- the old font fragment from Birgel [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: "Der alte Taufstein der um 1730 eingestrurzten Kirche zu Birgel" -- the old font fragment from Birgel [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KBV Oberwinter, 2026
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view of font

the fragment of the font from Birgel located now outside the Oberwinter church
Scene Description: the fragment of the font from Birgel located now outside the Oberwinter church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © General-Anzeiger, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 26 September 2025 in General-Anzeiger [https://ga.de/region/ahr-und-rhein/remagen/heimatforscher-enthuellt-geschichte-der-oberwinterer-taufsteine_aid-135435853] [accessed 28 January 2026]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 26087WLZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Laurentius in Oberwinter
Font Location in Church: Outside the church in Oberwinter
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Laurentius_(Oberwinter)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence
Previous Font Location(s): Birgel Kirche
Church Address: Hauptstraße 88, 53424 Remagen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2642 22272
Site Location: Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Oberwinter is located on the left bank of the Rhine river, W of the B42, in the municipality and 6 km N of Remagen, 18-20 km ESE of Bonn -- Birgel is located off the B421, in the municipality of Gerolstein
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Additional Comments: fragment of a font / disused font / moved font [cf. FontNotes]
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberwinter
Font Notes:
A font fragment originally from Birgel now located outside the church of St. Lawrence at Oberwinter is noted in the Katholischer Kirchenbauverein Oberwinter e.V. [https://www.kbv-oberwinter.de/galerie/galerie-laurentiuskirche] [accessed 28 January 2026]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 372820 5607999
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.61, 7.2025
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 36′ 36″ N, 7° 12′ 9″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round