Konzen No. 2 / Contzan / Conzen / Cumeze / Cuntzen / Kontzen / Kunze

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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle - 8?

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Scene Description: "St. Peter (Konzen), Blick aus dem Chorraum zur Orgel"
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human figure - head - 4?

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the basin sides
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 26145VWM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Peter von Konzen / Mutterkirche des Monschauer Landes
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church built 1160; re-built 15thC; destroyed by lightning 1869; re-built thereafter; destroyed in WWII; re-built1949-1954; modified 2015
Church Address: Kirchbruch 11, 52156 Monschau, Germany
Site Location: Köln, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the B258, in the municipality and 6 km NNE of Monschau, near the border with Belgium
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Aachen
Additional Comments: altered font? (the multipart base look like a later replacement)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter_(Konzen)] [accessed 22 February 2026] reports and illustrates a baptismal font of the 12th century in it: "Im Kirchenraum befindet sich ein Taufbecken aus dem 12. Jahrhundert".

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 305497 5607382
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.585903, 6.252283
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 35′ 9.25″ N, 6° 15′ 8.22″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round