Neukirchen-an-der-Surst / Neukirchen-an-der-Sürst / Nuwenkirchen
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26146HIZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Romanesque?
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Kirche St. Margaretha in Neukirchen
Font Location in Church: inside? / disappeared? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margareta_(Neukirchen)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret
Previous Font Location(s): origiginally from nearby Queckenberg?
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC; stone church of ca. 1405; modified 18th and 19thC
Church Address: Neukirchener Straße 16, Neukirchen-an-der-Sürst, Germany
Site Location: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L113, 3 km E of Queckenberg, in the municipality and 5 km SW of Rheinbach, about 25 km SW of Bonn
Additional Comments: disappeared font? or...? [cf. FontNotes]
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neukirchen_(Rheinbach)
Font Notes:
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Zimmermann (1954) reports a 13th-century basalt font of the “Rheinische Gruppe” moved to Neukirchen an der Sürst. The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margareta_(Neukirchen)] mentions a baptismal font probably of the 12th century in it: "Inneren aufgestellte Taufstein stammt vermutlich aus dem 12. Jahrhundert." A 12th-century Romanesque baptismal font is also noted in the Katholiche Kirchengemeinde St. Martin Rheinbach entry for this church: "Das älteste Stück in der Kirche ist ein romanischer Taufstein, der dem Aussehen nach auf das 12. Jhd. datiert werden könnte."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 25 January 2026) informs: "Queckenberg. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queckenberg. 13th c. basalt font of the “Rheinische Gruppe”, as defined by Zimmermann. Zimmermann writes that the font has been moved to Neukirchen an der Sürst.
A second old information, about the church of Neukirchen, says : A second baptismal font, also Romanesque, which lay behind a hedge in the cemetery in Queckenberg for many years, was brought to Neukirchen in 1897 and placed in the parish garden. I suppose this font is lost.
Neukirchen-an-der Sürst. Above text hints to the fact that there is a first Romanesque baptismal font at Neukirchen. Paul Clemen gives some information about this font. I do not remember where I found the picture of this font. https://www.katholische-kirche-rheinbach.de/kirchen-einrichtungen/kirchen/st-margareta-neukirchen/index.html Das älteste Stück in der Kirche ist ein romanischer Taufstein, der dem Aussehen nach auf das 12. Jhd. datiert werden könnte. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margareta_(Neukirchen)"
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 25 January 2026) informs: "Queckenberg. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queckenberg. 13th c. basalt font of the “Rheinische Gruppe”, as defined by Zimmermann. Zimmermann writes that the font has been moved to Neukirchen an der Sürst.
A second old information, about the church of Neukirchen, says : A second baptismal font, also Romanesque, which lay behind a hedge in the cemetery in Queckenberg for many years, was brought to Neukirchen in 1897 and placed in the parish garden. I suppose this font is lost.
Neukirchen-an-der Sürst. Above text hints to the fact that there is a first Romanesque baptismal font at Neukirchen. Paul Clemen gives some information about this font. I do not remember where I found the picture of this font. https://www.katholische-kirche-rheinbach.de/kirchen-einrichtungen/kirchen/st-margareta-neukirchen/index.html Das älteste Stück in der Kirche ist ein romanischer Taufstein, der dem Aussehen nach auf das 12. Jhd. datiert werden könnte. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margareta_(Neukirchen)"
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 353320 5606143
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.588746, 6.927807
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 35′ 19.49″ N, 6° 55′ 40.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Zimmermann, Wilhelm, "Romanische Taufsteine am Niederrhein", 1954, 1954, 155-156, pp. 475-500; Nr. 33