Speicher
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the present font and cover partially visible at the east end of the south aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26236EOH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Pfarrkirche Speicher St. Philippus u. Jakobus
Font Location in Church: disappeared?
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Philippus_und_Jakobus_(Speicher)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philip & St. James the Less
Church Notes: church first documented 1330; much modified since; new church built 1773; present church 1895
Church Address: Kirchstraße 10, 54662 Speicher, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6562 930930
Site Location: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L39, 10 km SE of Bitburg, about 25 km N of Trier
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 14thC church here)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speicher_(Eifel)
Font Notes:
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The present font here, a hexagonal basin on a pedestal base and with a meatl dome cover, appears modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful tp Colin Smith for his photographs of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 329780 5533578
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.930303, 6.628156
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 55′ 49.09″ N, 6° 37′ 41.36″ E