Felgeleben / Felgeleben in Schönebeck
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view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: "Turm der Martin-Luther-Kkirche in Felgeleben"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Olaf Meister, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 25 August 2010 by Olaf Meister
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view of font
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design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: all around
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26183ZZS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Martin-Luther-Kirche in Felgeleben
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin-Luther-Kirche_(Felgeleben)
Church Address: Kirchengemeindeverband, Schulstraße 15, 39218 Schönebeck (Elbe), Germany
Site Location: Salzlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 246a, in the municipality of Schönebeck, on the S bank of the Elbe river, 18-20 km SE of Magdeburg
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin-Luther-Kirche_(Felgeleben)] [accessed 3 March 2026] reports an octagonal baptismal font decorated with a band of Romanesque ornamentation and located beneath the tower: "Im Untergeschoss des Turms befindet sich noch heute ein achteckiger Taufstein mit romanischem Ornamentband."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 689006 5764656
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.000344, 11.753431
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 0′ 1.24″ N, 11° 45′ 12.35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal