Lindau No. 2 / Linda / Lindau im Bodensee / Linde
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1781
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 7 September 2013 by Tilman2007
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: "Kirche St. Stephan Lindau. Außenansicht"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bonjour35, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 22 August 2017 by Bonjour35
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Lindau - St. Stephan"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ștefan Jurcă, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 15 May 2016 by Ștefan Jurcă
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view of church interior - fragment
Scene Description: "Die älteste Steinplastik von Lindau in der Kirche St. Stephan in Lindau am Bodensee." -- the original church here dated from ca. 1180
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flocci Nivis, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2022 by Flocci Nivis
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1781 surrounded by the Christmas decorations in January of 2025
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 January 2025 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1781 surrounded by the Christmas decorations in January of 2025
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 January 2025 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the baptismal font of 1781 surrounded by the Christmas decorations in January of 2025
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 January 2025 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26219LTV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1180?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Stephan
Font Location in Church: disappeared?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: church built 1180; re-built 1500; modified 1781; renovated 1965
Church Address: Marktpl. 8, 88131 Lindau (Bodensee), Germany -- Tel: +49 8382 6751
Site Location: Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 12, S of Hwy E54, on the SE shore of the Bodensee, about 25 km SE of Friedrichshafen
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-12thC church here)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_(Bodensee)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Lindau Bodensee [https://www.lindau.de/addresses/kirche-st-stephan/] [accessed 15 March 2026] informs that the present altar, baptismal font, and pulpit, all crafted from reddish stucco marble, were added in 1781: "1781 kamen der Altar, der Taufstein und die Kanzel in rötlichem Stuckmarmor hinzu".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this site to our attention and for his photographs of the 8thC font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 551750 5266225
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.547386, 9.68775
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 32′ 50.59″ N, 9° 41′ 15.9″ E