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Image Source: digital phtograph taken 17 October 2024 by Colin Smith
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Image Source: digital phtograph taken 17 October 2024 by Colin Smith
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2026
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 17 October 2024 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26229VDW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 18th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche / Liebfrauenkirche (Bitburg)
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church here said to have existed before 800 AD; much re-built and modified since
Church Address: Rathauspl. 8, 54634 Bitburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6561 5018
Site Location: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the E29, 25-30 km N of Trier
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here) -- disused font (the 16thC(?) one)
Font Notes:
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According to the entry for this church in the Stadt Bitburg [https://www.bitburg.de/historie/stadtarchiv-bitburg/uebersetzungen-aus-dem-vhs-kurs/aufzeichnungen-johann-zillgens/kirchen-in-bitburg/] [accessed 17 March 2026] the 16th-century [?] the baptismal font in this church is now disused: "Aus dem 16.Jahrhundert stammt auch der achteckige 1. hohe Taufstein mit 40 cm Durchmesser des Taufbeckens. Er ist jetzt unbenutzt".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this font to our attention and for his photographs of it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 322498 5538766
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.974795, 6.524401
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 58′ 29.26″ N, 6° 31′ 27.85″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]