Brochenzell / Brochenzell in Meckenbeuren
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: "Pfarrkirche St. Jakobus, Brochenzell, Gemeinde Meckenbeuren, Bodenseekreis"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph July 2008 by Andreas Praefcke
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: "Pfarrkirche St. Jakobus, Brochenzell, Gemeinde Meckenbeuren, Bodenseekreis Chorraum, Rosenkranzaltar von Hans Georg Winkel (Bregenz), 1683/1684
aus dem ehem. Dominikanerinnenkloster Löwental bei Friedrichshafen, seit 1817 in Brochenzell"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph July 2008 by Andreas Praefcke
Copyright Instructions: GFDL
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26215WOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (early), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Jakobus der Ältere
Font Location in Church: Inside, at the E end
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jakobus_(Brochenzell)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Church Notes: late -Romanesque church ca. 1275
Church Address: 88074 Meckenbeuren, Germany -- Tel.: +49 7542 4663
Site Location: Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Brochenzell is a hamlet in the municipality and about 1 km NW of Meckenbeuren town centre, itself between Ravensburg (NE) and Friedrichshafen (SW)
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this churchc in kirchen-online [https://www.kirchen-online.com/content/am-bodensee/brochenzell-_-st_-jakobus.html#ngaw7e420511263921cfe37648123456203] [accessed 13 March 2026] notes and illustrates a Baroque baptismal font of the first half of the 17th century; the finial of the cover made in 1889 by an Oberammergau artist: "Der Taufstein aus rotem Marmor mit sechseckigem Becken stammt aus der 1. Hälfte des 17. Jh. Die Taufszene im Nazarenerstil wurde 1889 vom Bildhauer Veit aus Oberammergau geschaffen."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this church to our attention
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 541257 5283536
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.703887, 9.549935
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 42′ 13.99″ N, 9° 32′ 59.77″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
LID INFORMATION
Notes: finial of 1889 [cf FontNotes]