Barweiler / Barwilre
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: "St. Gertrud (Barweiler), Taufstein"
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: "St. Gertrud (Barweiler), Ostseite mit Erweiterungsbau rechts"
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 July 2020 by Thomas Hummel
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - stop - 4
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information
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wilhelm Zimmermann, 1954
Image Source: digital screenshot of tect in Zimmermann
Copyright Instructions: Assumed CC
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26126SXW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Rheinischer Gruppe (Zimmerman)
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Gertrud in Barweiler / Wallfahrtskirche St. Gertrud
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gertrud_(Barweiler)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gertrud of Nivelles
Church Notes: present 18thC church built on an earlier one that is documented on a 6 May 1140 papal document; re-built 1826-1827; extended 1960s
Church Address: Kirchstraße 4, 53534 Barweiler, Germany
Site Location: Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the B258, about 8 km NW of Nürburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barweiler
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Zimmermann (1954) as part of the "Rheinische Gruppe" made of basalt in the Romanesque style; 100 cm tall. Only decorative motifs are a roll moulding on the upper base and the four stops on the corners of the square lower base. Partly painted.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 25 January 2026) informs:"13th c. basalt font of the “Rheinische Gruppe”, as defined by Zimmermann [...] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gertrud_(Barweiler)" and gives the reference in Zimmermann.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 25 January 2026) informs:"13th c. basalt font of the “Rheinische Gruppe”, as defined by Zimmermann [...] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gertrud_(Barweiler)" and gives the reference in Zimmermann.
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 348066 5580555
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.357439, 6.864027
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 21′ 26.78″ N, 6° 51′ 50.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, basalt
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
Notes: bell-shaped dome with cross finial
REFERENCES
- Zimmermann, Wilhelm, "Romanische Taufsteine am Niederrhein", 1954, 1954, 155-156, pp. 475-500; Nr. 102