Honningen / Hönningen
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Scene Description: "53506 Hönningen, Kirchstraße 3. Untergeschoss des Westturms und untere Mauerpartien des Chors aus der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, Chor 1494 erhöht, 1508 verändert, zweischiffiges Langhaus, 1524, Querschiff des neugotischen Bruchsteinsaalbaus, 1884/85, Architekt Lambert von Fisenne, Gelsenkirchen. Aufnahme von 2017."
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: "53506 Hönningen, Kirchstraße 3. Untergeschoss des Westturms und untere Mauerpartien des Chors aus der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, Chor 1494 erhöht, 1508 verändert, zweischiffiges Langhaus, 1524, Querschiff des neugotischen Bruchsteinsaalbaus, 1884/85, Architekt Lambert von Fisenne, Gelsenkirchen. Aufnahme von 2017."
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view of church interior - chancel - altar and retable
Scene Description: "53506 Hönningen, Kirchstraße 3. Untergeschoss des Westturms und untere Mauerpartien des Chors aus der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, Chor 1494 erhöht, 1508 verändert, zweischiffiges Langhaus, 1524, Querschiff des neugotischen Bruchsteinsaalbaus, 1884/85, Architekt Lambert von Fisenne, Gelsenkirchen. Aufnahme von 2017."
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information
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Copyright Statement: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
Image Source: digital imaged of a text from Zimmermann (1954)
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: "53506 Hönningen, Kirchstraße 3. Untergeschoss des Westturms und untere Mauerpartien des Chors aus der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, Chor 1494 erhöht, 1508 verändert, zweischiffiges Langhaus, 1524, Querschiff des neugotischen Bruchsteinsaalbaus, 1884/85, Architekt Lambert von Fisenne, Gelsenkirchen. Aufnahme von 2017."
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design element - architectural - column - with capital and base
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the squat central lower base
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: notice the stoup(?) basin in the background
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26127GID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: other such in the group
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Kunibert, Hönningen
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): Cunibert [aka Cunipert, Kunibert] (7thC bishop of Cologne)
Church Address: Kirchstraße 1, 53506 Hönningen, Germany
Site Location: Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the B257, about 12 km N of Adenau
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Font Notes:
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Listed in Zimmermann (1954) as a 13th-century basalt font of the “Rheinische Gruppe”. It consists of a hexagonal basin supported on six outer colonnettes and a squat moulded central lower base.
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 [cf. ImagesArea for screen capture of the text]. https://www.pfarrei-ahreifel.de/pfarreien/hoenningen/index.html"
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 [cf. ImagesArea for screen capture of the text]. https://www.pfarrei-ahreifel.de/pfarreien/hoenningen/index.html"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, basalt
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
- Zimmermann, Wilhelm, "Romanische Taufsteine am Niederrhein", 1954, 1954, 155-156, pp. 475-500; Nr. 49