Weingarten / Weingarten in Ravensburg

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view of font and cover

the modern font
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of church exterior in context

"Aerial image of Weingarten Abbey (view from the southwest)" -- the present parish church in the context of the 18thC abbey of which it was part
Scene Description: "Aerial image of Weingarten Abbey (view from the southwest)" -- the present parish church in the context of the 18thC abbey of which it was part
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carsten Steger, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2024 by Carsten Steger
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view of church exterior in context

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Colin Smith
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view of font and cover in context

the modern font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © HaSt, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 4 December 2012 by HaSt
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 26217VMF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque?
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica minor St. Martin und Oswald
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin & St. Oswald
Church Notes: original church 1056; present church building is the former collegiate church of the Imperial Abbey of Weingarten, consecrated in 1724 and dissolved in 1803; it then became parochial (RC)
Church Address: St. Martin Basilika, Kirchpl. 3, 88250 Weingarten, Germany -- Tel.: +49 751 561270
Site Location: Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L317, E of the B30, 5-6 km NE of Ravensburg
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Present font in use probably 18th-century, like the church itself. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this site to our attention

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 548282 5295306
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.809299, 9.64488
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 48′ 33.47″ N, 9° 38′ 41.57″ E