Zeven
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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
inscription
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches - arches with columns - traceried arch-heads - columns - pinnacled columns
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
Apostle or saint
Scene Description: to be identified
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
scene - unidentified
Scene Description: to be identified
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: "St.-Viti-Kirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Johann Boettjer, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 31 December 2011 by JohannBoettjer
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - looking east
!["Innenraum der St.-Viti-Kirche (Zeven)" -- showing the font in the chancel, left [north] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1260325032_compressed.png)
Scene Description: "Innenraum der St.-Viti-Kirche (Zeven)" -- showing the font in the chancel, left [north] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 1 February 2024 by Matthias Süßen
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font in context
![the composite image is made up of a current view of the chancel [lower half] and an earlier undated photograph of the same part of the church -- both of them show the bronze font in it, albeit in slightly different position within the chancel](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1260325031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the composite image is made up of a current view of the chancel [lower half] and an earlier undated photograph of the same part of the church -- both of them show the bronze font in it, albeit in slightly different position within the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stadt Zeven, 2015
Image Source: digital image 12 January 2015 by Stadt Zeven
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
inscription
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
human figure - 3
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1908 B&W photograph in the Kirchengemeindelexikon
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26257JBQ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1469
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ghert or Hinrich Klinghe (aka Gherd Klinghe / Gerd Klinge)
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Groothusen, Segeberg, Harsefeld, Debsted, Pilsum Esens, Uttum and Eilsum were also made in the Klinghe Family workshops
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische St.-Viti-Kirche
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Viti-Kirche_(Zeven)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vitus
Church Notes: Zeven Abbey Church of St. Vitus was probably built after 1141; may have become parochial in he mid-15thC
Church Address: Klostergang 6, 27404 Zeven, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4281 2239
Site Location: Rotenburg (Wümme), Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off te B71, 22 km NW of Rotenburg, 40 km NE of Bremen, about 80 km SW of Hamburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hannover
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeven
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Kirchengemeindelexikon [https://kirchengemeindelexikon.de/einzelgemeinde/zeven/] [accessed 25 March 2026] informs that Provost Luder Bramstede (in office1468–1499) donated the bronze baptismal font in 1469: "Propst Luder Bramstede (amt. 1468–1499) stiftete die Bronzetaufe im Jahr 1469. Die Parochie Zeven war möglicherweise gleichzeitig mit dem Umzug des Heeslinger Stifts hierher eingerichtet worden." The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Viti-Kirche_(Zeven)] [accessed 25 March 2026] informs tha the 1469 baptismal font in it is signed by Ghert Klinghe but is actually attributed to his son, Hinrich: "Das 1469 gegossene bronzene Taufbecken ist mit Ghert Klinghe signiert, wird aber dessen Sohn Hinrich zugeschrieben."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 518883 5905681
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.3, 9.283333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 18′ 0″ N, 9° 17′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round