Meckenbeuren
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font is use
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - northwest view
!["Germany - Baden-Württemberg - Bodenseekreis - Meckenbeuren: catholic church "St. Maira" [sic] / Deutschland - Baden-Württemberg - Bodenseekreis - Meckenbeuren: katholische Pfarrkirche "St. Maria""](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1260314004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: "Germany - Baden-Württemberg - Bodenseekreis - Meckenbeuren: catholic church "St. Maira" [sic] / Deutschland - Baden-Württemberg - Bodenseekreis - Meckenbeuren: katholische Pfarrkirche "St. Maria""
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ANKAWÜ, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 1 May 2008 by ANKAWÜ
Copyright Instructions: GFDL
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26216IGR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century, Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt-Maria / St. Maria von der immerwährenden Hilfe (Meckenbeuren)
Font Location in Church: Inside, in a SE alcove
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: earlier chapel of 1873; present church consecrated 1913
Church Address: Marienstraße 10 / Hauptstraße 21/1, 88074 Meckenbeuren, Germany -- Tel.: +49 7542 4663
Site Location: Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the B30 [aka Hauptstraße], between Ravensburg (NE) and Friedricshafen (SW)
Font Notes:
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The barrel-shaped modern font is located in an alcove of the south wall towards the east; it probably dates from the 1960s renovation of the church.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 542302 5282973
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.698755, 9.563807
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 41′ 55.52″ N, 9° 33′ 49.7″ E